Cap fees, scrap RAE but keep the unions
As our new poll taps the academic mood on campus, The Times Higher joins the main parties' head honchos on education as they tramp the election trail Election 2005 Academics' thoughts on the health...
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Billion-pound boost
UK higher education institutions earned £1 billion more in 2003-04 than they did the year before, figures released this week show. Total income stood at £16.9 billion in 2003-04 compared with £15.7...
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Strike action at Brunel
Staff downed tools at Brunel University this week for a one-day strike to kick off a period of industrial action that will include a boycott of assessment and examinations. The Association of...
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Greening the graduates
A drive to make graduates "sustainability literate" begins this week with the first meeting of a network of education leaders and policy-makers. The Sustainability Integration Group (SIGnet), funded...
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Rossiter appointed
Sue Rossiter, acting deputy director of children's services for Norfolk County Council, has been appointed director of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). Ms Rossiter, who has a...
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Staff allege 'bullying tactics' at Oxford
Concerns among Oxford lecturers that managers are using "bullying tactics" against staff have prompted a challenge to plans for staff appraisals. Academics in mathematical and physical sciences, life...
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Dear sir:
Several Oxford departments have been using a template for a letter to staff who they consider to be underperforming. The letter begins: "During our discussion I explained that I was concerned that...
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Applicants race to beat the top-up fee heat
The number of students applying for degree places in the UK has grown by 8 per cent this year, official figures confirmed this week. The figures suggest that older students and females are leading...
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Applicants race to beat the top-up fee heat
The number of students applying for degree places in the UK has grown by 8 per cent this year, official figures confirmed this week. The figures suggest that older students and females are leading...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Accelerating Opportunities for Stronger Transatlantic Collaboration - Promoting innovation and competitiveness, a transatlantic dialogue
The Hague, 28 April 2005 Promoting innovation and competitiveness – a transatlantic dialogue The Hague, 28 April 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have the opportunity to address a few...
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Commission Document with Annex: Mobilising the Brainpower of Europe: Enabling Universities to Make Their Full Contribution to the Lisbon Strategy (link)
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Full text of Document 8437/05 Suite of documents 8437/05 Delegations will find attached European Commission document COM(2005) 152 final. * * * Full text of Document 8437/05...
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REACH unlikely to be catalyst for innovation, finds impact assessment
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 An impact assessment study on the European Commission's proposals for a new chemicals policy, entitled REACH, has found that the companies affected by the proposals would not...
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JRC seeks to reduce animal testing
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Ahead of the EU directive to abolish animal testing in scientific experiments if an alternative test exists, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM...
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EU funds world-class 'organic light' project
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The European Commission is funding one of the world's largest joint research projects in the field of white organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which aims to develop and...
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Finland sets out development strategy for public research
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The Finnish government has adopted a resolution on the structural development of the public research system, outlining future strategies for the organisations that guide,...