Duo will snub Russell pay plan
Scotland's two Russell Group members, Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, are not expected to join any moves for separate policy on pay and fees, writes Olga Wojtas. The THES last week revealed...
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Scots say firm 'no' to two-tier system
Jim Wallace, deputy first minister of the Scottish Parliament and minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has pledged to maintain research funding for all Scottish institutions. Mr Wallace,...
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Tutors told to 'get hi-tech'
Lecturers will have to know how to use new technology and apply it creatively in their teaching, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's draft e-learning strategy, published...
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Findings: Knowing who's the mummy
A baby still in the womb can tell the difference between its mother's voice and that of a stranger, writes Philip Fine. A Canadian-Chinese study may help confirm the theory that the foundation for...
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Findings: Evolution's fishy shortcut
A scientist in the US has unravelled one of evolution's maladaptive mysteries, writes Natasha Gilbert. Philip Stoddard of the department of biological sciences at Florida International University has...
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UK faces struggle to promote extra study
The e-university faces an uphill struggle in convincing British white-collar workers of the need for further study, according to a four-nation survey of 25 to 44-year-olds, writes Pat Leon. Only a...
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Concern over plan for speedy merger
The proposed merger between Thames Valley University and Reading College could be completed in just three months, officials said this week. But lecturers' union leaders have described such a tight...
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Nationalists unwelcome
The University of Belgrade has taken steps to counter lingering Serb nationalism among a minority of its academics who supported former president Slobodan Milosevic. Revelations of the clampdown came...
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Academic unity closer but legacy of war lives on
Eight years after the Dayton peace agreement ended the war in Bosnia, the first tentative steps towards a unified higher education system are still being taken. Enes Pelidija, president of the...
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Activists defend foreign 'spies'
Russia's federal security service should abandon the spate of espionage cases it has brought against academics and scientists, human rights activists have demanded. The Moscow Helsinki Group, the...
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Church demands credit in European charter
The Roman Catholic Church has enlisted Europe's universities in a drive to ensure the continent's Christian roots are included in the new European constitution. Last month, a massive, pan-European...
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Labor to address spiralling fees
A future Labor government in Australia would create more than 40,000 new places for university students and boost spending on higher education by A$2.34 billion (£962 million), party leaders have...
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Hard-up students turn to bank loans
The high cost of loans to repay tuition fees may be discouraging increasing numbers of Americans from attending the university of their choice, according to a report. The study, by the non-partisan...
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Transsexuals protest
A controversial book that ties transsexualism to homosexuality has drawn complaints from transsexuals who claim they were used as subjects by the author without their permission, writes Jon Marcus in...
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For a long life, study medicine, not arts
Arts graduates are short, sickly and destined for an early grave, according to a report published this week that could do more than all the government initiatives to boost recruitment to the sciences...