Ministers keep eye on bitter Soas row
This article is the subject of a legal complaint The Home Office is monitoring events at the School of Oriental and African Studies amid mounting student conflict over Middle East politics. A Home...
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'His skills will help ensure we remain the uk leader in journalism'
Award-winning producer Adrian Monck is to head City University's renowned department of journalism Adrian Monck, executive producer of Sky News, has been appointed head of City University's...
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£600m for pay 'frittered away'
Academic unions have embarked on a joint campaign to bring universities and the funding council to account for what they describe as a "massive waste of public money". The unions claim that about £...
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Get a Geoff, not a Douglas
It is the holy grail sought by generations of undergraduates: how to get a first-class degree with the least possible work. The latest self-help book for students - The Insider's Guide to Getting a...
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There's more to life than books
'There's more to life than books, you know. But not much more.' So sang Mancunian pop group The Smiths to a generation of teenagers 20 years ago, writes Caroline Davis. This week, Manchester...
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Embarrassment at DFES over official college list
An official list of "genuine" universities and colleges in the UK contains a number of businesses without recognised accreditation, an investigation by The Times Higher has found. The Register of...
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Funding boost for clinical research
The Government has recognised widely held fears over the future of academic medicine and dentistry by announcing a new strategy to boost clinical academic careers this week. The number of clinical...
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York's growth spurt
York University has been given the go-ahead by local authority planners for a £500 million extension to its Heslington campus. The plans, which would allow a 50 per cent increase in student numbers,...
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Catto back to Aberdeen
Sir Graeme Catto, vice-principal of King's College London, is leaving at the end of September to return to Aberdeen University. He will be succeeded by Robert Lechler, head of the Guy's, King's and...
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Bursary cash revealed
Lincoln University has released details of its bursary scheme. The minimum yearly support for students from the lowest income families will be £1,100, the maximum for these students will be £1,600...
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Young's political apathy is 'a myth'
The popular perception that young people are apathetic about politics is a myth, suggest papers to be presented to the Political Studies Association next week. Research by the Centre for...
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Integrity, your starter for ten
Hosting TV quiz shows may have helped cement the status of political interviewers such as Jeremy Paxman and John Humphrys as "truth-seekers" in the public mind, an academic conference will be told...
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Top pair quit academy
Two senior members of the umbrella body representing 50,000 British social scientists have resigned amid rumblings of a mounting crisis of confidence in the organisation. The Academy of Learned...
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Blair and Brown in science tug-of-war
Science has become caught up in a political tug-of-war between Tony Blair and his Chancellor, Gordon Brown, placing a question mark over the future of research policy in Government, The Times Higher...
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Maths groups favour unity
Maths academics met school and college teachers this week ata ground-breaking conference that called for changes to mathematics education in Britain. For the first time, all leading UK mathematics...