An academic journal has been persuaded to review its editorial policy after a contributor complained that it was misleadingly claiming to be peer-reviewed. Andrea Sabbadini, editor of Psychoanalysis...
The editorial policies of the two most prestigious scientific journals - Nature and Science - have been criticised by scientists. Experts are asking whether competition between the two is...
Medical schools should positively discriminate in favour of male students to boost their numbers and avert a staffing crisis, a senior medic said this week. The British Medical Association medical...
The UHI Millennium Institute says it is suffering a shortfall of at least £2 million compared with the grant it would win if it were funded on the same basis as other Scottish higher education...
Universities have won the copyright licence they wanted at the end of a tribunal believed to have cost almost £2 million. Sol Picciotto, a member of the Universities UK negotiating team and head of...
Sally Hunt is self-deprecating to the extreme when she says she is "very boring". As general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, she will lead 45,000 lecturers from some of the world...
The University of Nottingham is reviewing its harassment policy after a survey found alarming levels of concern about staff bullying in its School of Nursing. The Association of University Teachers...
Natfhe is on the warpath over governance structures that reflect the 'dysfunctional distrust of staff'. Claire Sanders reports. Lecturers' union Natfhe will call for independent review for both staff...
Natfhe is on the warpath over governance structures that reflect the 'dysfunctional distrust of staff'. Claire Sanders reports. Universities are legally independent corporate bodies. The council or...
About a third of the 400,000 Chinese students who have undertaken postgraduate study abroad since the late-1970s have returned with doctoral or masters degrees, according to official figures.
Researchers at the Royal Danish Veterinary and Agricultural University have developed a system to assess the taste quality of fruit and vegetables.
Cambridge University dons have complained that the university filled a new senior executive post with no proper job description and without opening the post to competition. A year after an audit...
Universities are over-estimating student travel plans when applying for grants from the European Union's Erasmus programme, according to a report from the EU's Court of Auditors.
Natfhe is on the warpath over governance structures that reflect the 'dysfunctional distrust of staff'. Claire Sanders reports. A well-worn joke about university governance goes like this: who really...
Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis has warned his party against dropping its penny-on-tax policy if it means reneging on further and higher education promises. Mr Willis spoke out after...