Funding council officials were accused of gambling with the international reputation of British higher education this week by confirming plans to force all higher education institutions to "wash...
Exeter University has been ordered to pay almost £63,000 to a PhD student who abandoned his research into assisted suicides after a dispute with his departmental ethics committee over the...
The former head of Nasa is locked in a battle with the trustees of Boston University over his appointment as its president, writes Steve Farrar. Daniel Goldin, who was Nasa administrator for nine...
The problem with too much reflection on your practice is that it can make you worse, not better, at what you do "We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces." That, at least, was the opinion of...
Week one I board a plane to San José to join the German research vessel FS Sonne . With me will be 19 geophysicists and biologists from 11 countries. I depart the UK with high hopes. Unfortunately...
Spotted in the online version of Varsity , Cambridge University's student newspaper: "For sale: hot air balloon basket. Excellent condition. Disabled access. One previous, highly intelligent owner."...
His name was Varma, Sushant Varma, but not any more: it's Bond, James Bond. Race campaigner Dr Varma - or Dr Bond as he now wishes to be known - has changed his name by deed poll to that of the...
Imperial College London, long noted for its chequered record on promoting healthy working practices, has produced a glossy new pamphlet for its overworked and exhausted staff. Perusing Job Families...
Bryan Gould, who famously turned his back on British politics in 1992, is to step down as vice-chancellor of New Zealand's Waikato University next year. His departure will leave Stuart McCutcheon,...
Head of student counselling service, Royal Holloway, University of London Student counselling has been under attack recently with counsellors accused of perpetuating a "victim culture", but the...
Funding changes reward unpopular courses, say Martin Conway and Andrew Young The Higher Education Funding Council for England recently proposed changes to the way in which different disciplines will...
How to achieve better conditions for part-time lecturers? Bring in the QAA, say Mark Van Hoorebeek and James Marson It seems that time is running out for universities that make full (and perhaps...
What about making your next move one that crosses the Channel? Ruth Morse has some advice for Francophiles. Ayear in Provence? Why not a year teaching in a university in Provence, or somewhere else...
The UK is building a critical mass in e-learning and the UKeU is fuelling this drive with the appointment of four researchers at its eLearning Research Centre, writes Pat Leon. The UKeU eLearning...
Hilary French, former deputy head of design products, has been appointed head of the School of Architecture and Design at the Royal College of Art. Ian Ivory has taken over as...