Vivisection challenge
A High Court judge has ruled that animal-rights campaigners can challenge the legality of animal experiments at Cambridge University. On Tuesday, Mr Justice Stanley Burnton gave the British Union for...
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Lords call for strategy
The House of Lords' European Union committee has urged the Government to draw up a clear national strategy to make the most of EU education programmes. The EU programme for 2006 to 2013, with a E13.6...
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Boost for scientists
Oxford University has won a contract to help scientists at the Natural Environment Research Council to exploit their research. Isis Enterprise, part of Isis Innovation, Oxford University's technology...
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Union fears local deals
The national pay bargaining system for academics has, in effect, collapsed into a local free-for-all, members of the Association of University Teachers will hear next week. The fragmentation of...
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Take your pick in jobs bonanza
This week's Times Higher boasts a bumper crop of jobs as universities jostle for market position and prepare for the next research assessment exercise. Six higher education institutions have taken...
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Andrea Dworkin: 1946-2005
Feminist fighter: Andrea Dworkin, who died this week, was both revered and disparaged for her radical feminism. She wrote a number of thought-provoking, controversial and spirited book reviews for...
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Hefce faces unsure future
Criticism of the funding council is rife but not everyone is ready to see it go, Anthea Lipsett discovers "Everyone is disenchanted with the research assessment exercise and the funding council,"...
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Jews resign over 'racism' in the NUS
Allegations of anti-Semitism in higher education were brought to the fore this week as three Jewish officers resigned from the National Union of Students and leaders of the faith branded a proposed...
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Average graduate debt climbs to £13,500
Graduates shouldered an average debt of £13,501 last year - a rise of £1,432 compared with students who left university the year before, writes Paul Hill. Barclays' Annual Graduate Survey found that...
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It's all about the extra cash
As the party manifestos roll out, Paul Hill analyses the promises and evasions Every political party had the chance to rehearse and refine its higher education policies during last year's debate...
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Read their lips and fingertips
Party political leaders hope that television viewers concentrate on their words and their carefully choreographed delivery as they present their election manifestos. But Geoff Beattie, professor of...
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Tories accuse Blair on fees cap
The Conservative Party this week accused Tony Blair of having a secret agenda to raise the cap on top-up fees during the next Parliament. The accusation follows revelations in The Times Higher a...
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Animal researchers brave the circle of friends and sceptics
The scientists looked more than a little uncomfortable as they stood in a ring of strangers and came up with adjectives to describe their feelings. This isn't how an ordinary day in the lab starts....
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Scots fear exodus to the North
Scotland is gearing up to control the number of English students seeking sanctuary from top-up fees. Scots fear home students could be squeezed out. The cross-border traffic is expected to be very...
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Wales predicts border rivalry
A potential price war is brewing between English and Welsh universities competing for students from the principality, higher education leaders in Wales have warned. The warning follows a decision by...