Fees fuel a run for borders
There has been a surge in numbers of applications from English students to study at Scottish and Welsh universities, according to the latest admissions figures, writes Paul Hill. Overall,...
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Staff fury at '£600K' rebrand
Academics at UCL are on the warpath over a new corporate identity. They call the exercise a 'total waste of money' in the face of staffing cuts of 15 per cent over three years. But UCL insists it...
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Offa fails to win over MP
An upbeat first report to Parliament by the university access regulator was met with a downbeat response amid calls for universities to do more outreach work. Sir Martin Harris, director of the...
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Sheffield axes nurse courses
Sheffield University, one of the largest providers of nursing qualifications, is to close its nursing and midwifery courses. The closure could prove politically damaging to the Government, which is...
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Next week
Yours sincerely ... From the beautiful correspondence of Richard Feynman, Isaiah Berlin and others to the text message - is the art of letter writing in peril?
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Pooling talent
Forty academics have been hired by Liverpool University in a recruitment drive to bring "world-class research stars" to the institution, according to Drummond Bone, the vice-chancellor. The high-...
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Brunel redundancy row
The Association of University Teachers said Brunel University was on the edge of an industrial relations "abyss" as managers confirmed that two staff had been issued with compulsory redundancy...
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Summer in suspense
Modern languages staff at Oxford Brookes University must wait until the end of August to learn if their jobs are safe following a decision to axe Spanish and German degrees. In a meeting with...
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Dramatic development
The University of London is to admit the Central School of Speech and Drama as a college of the university in September.
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Crackdown on campus
Post-7/7 realities: monitoring debate, reporting suspicious applicants Universities could be forced to hand information on academic and student applicants to the security services and will be...
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'It's shocking that it's so close to home'
Post-7/7 realities: monitoring debate, reporting suspicious applicants Leeds University's campus looked like the cover of a glossy prospectus this week. Students and proud parents were back for...
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Union action stalls London Met graduations
Thousands of students may be unable to graduate from London Metropolitan University as planned this summer because of a marking boycott by academic staff, writes Phil Baty. Lecturers' union Natfhe...
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Europe recruits UK trio
Three prominent UK-based academics have been appointed to help lead the new European Research Council, proposed as part of Framework 7, the next European research funding round. Sir Bob May,...
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Buckingham teams up with controversial school
Britain's only private university has signed a deal with a controversial Italian-based business school that should mean the number of students graduating with Buckingham University degrees will...
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RAE 2008: Support for young staff will lift rating (arts and humanities)
Arts and humanities departments will need to demonstrate how they foster the careers of young academics in the 2008 research assessment exercise, writes Paul Hill. Panel chairs who will oversee the...