A new battle of the ads is being played out in the pages of this week's Times Higher as the Association of University Teachers locks horns with Brunel University over redundancies. The AUT has taken...
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee appeared on the brink of an extraordinary rebellion this week as furious MPs condemned the Government for removing its chairman, Ian...
THE FORGOTTEN MAN OF EINSTEIN YEAR Arthur Eddington, the Cambridge astrophysicist who verified the general theory of relativity PLUS Roger Penrose reviews Arthur Miller's Empire of the Stars:...
Edinburgh University has lost one of the biggest names in stem-cell research to rival Cambridge University - but has vowed to spend whatever it takes to stay at the top of the field. Austin Smith,...
Universities that fail to focus on their strengths will come under increasing financial pressure to merge, forge "strategic alliances" or even close, a Russell Group registrar has warned. Jonathan...
A £4.5 million advertising campaign to explain the 2006 tuition fee and bursary changes to teenagers and their parents was due to be launched by the Government on Friday. The campaign, backed by...
George Holmes, principal of Doncaster College, has been appointed vice-chancellor and chief executive of Bolton University. At 44, Dr Holmes will become the youngest university head in the UK. He is...
Exeter University is to establish a chair in Western esotericism, after receiving a gift of £5,000 from the Blavatsky Trust. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke will direct the Centre for the Study of...
A "smart" apartment built to test ways that technology will be used in homes of the future has been created at Essex University. The two-bedroom apartment - called the iDorm2 - will be unveiled next...
The UK's most expensive degree programme has celebrated its tenth anniversary. London Business School's ten-month masters in finance (MiF) course costs Pounds 28,000. LBS attracts more than 120 full-...
The research paper Falling down Ladders and Charming Snakes referred to in the news report "Project lifts the hood on male dropouts" ( Times Higher , July 1) was undertaken by four universities -...
* Last week, we reported that under a Welsh Assembly proposal, from 2007 the poorest Welsh students studying in Wales will be exempt from paying Pounds 1,200 tuition fees and will receive a £1,800...
Warwick University's "learning grid" is an open-learning space that students can use any time, day or night, individually or in groups, to polish teambuilding, problem-solving or presentation skills...
Universities should go back to basics and organise more contact between students, the first Higher Education Academy annual conference heard last week. Craig McInnis, professor of higher education at...
Diana Laurillard, head of the Government's e-learning strategy unit, called on academics at the Higher Education Academy annual conference last week to ensure the panels for the next research...