Fixed-term contracts becoming the norm
The proportion of academics appointed on permanent contracts has halved in three years, new figures show. Data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveal that just 18 per cent of...
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Bath student to pursue case in the High Court
A postgraduate student's eight-year battle with the University of Bath could now go to the High Court following a decision by the University's visitor to close the case. Neil McDougal has been locked...
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Demand for language teachers in colleges
Colleges are struggling to recruit enough teachers to cope with massive demand for foreign language classes, according to research from the Further Education Development Agency. The research, part of...
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Schools 'play dirty' to keep bright pupils
School heads are poaching the brightest sixth-form students by keeping them ignorant of college opportunities, the Association of Colleges claimed this week. An AoC survey found that at least one in...
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Deputies win ground in dismissal appeal
Two vice-principals at Glasgow Caledonian University have won internal appeals against summary dismissal. A university court disciplinary panel ruled that John Phillips and Peter Bush should be...
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Meningitis warning not going to FE students
Universities should ensure that further education students receive the same warnings about the danger of meningitis as undergraduates, the Health Education Authority has said. The University of...
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Signs of life may have been found on Mars
A huge mineral deposit in an unnamed Martian crater may be evidence of extraterrestrial life, according to new research by a leading earth scientist. Professor Mike Russell, of the Universities...
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Coshep asks for funds to exploit research
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals this week urged the Scottish Parliament to boost "third-leg" funding to commercialise academic research. In a briefing for the new parliament's...
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Students scrape by on Pounds 300 per week
Students at Newcastle University survive on as little as Pounds 20 per week, while those at London's Imperial College eke out a living from anything up to Pounds 300 per week, according to the Virgin...
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Bureaucracy has killed the spirit of academics
In the fourth of our summer series on education at the century's end, David Triesman exploers the causes if dissaffection among staff. Academic colleagues from abroad generally ask the same question...
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Can't this pay offer be improved?
The pay dispute in higher education may look like a wrangle between a determined beggar and a passer-by with no money. But in this case the chosen victim cannot just walk away. Instead, autumn is...
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A lack of maturity
Despite the AUT action (above), this year has seen few "clearing chaos" tales. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has become adept at coping with tens of thousands of applicants who...
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Star scholars shine in all skies
So compelling was the picture painted by Professor Blackburn et al about opportunities in North America for har-assed United Kingdom academics (THES, July 30) that I thought some ex-ex-pat should...
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Pay rise put in motion
As The THES rightly notes (August 20), Natfhe is calling for a major inquiry into further education pay and conditions at this year's Trades Union Congress conference. However, I am sure that THES...
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Meningitis fear
While I understand why students are concerned about meningitis and want all the protection available, I do not think it is in anyone's interests to believe they are protected when they may not be....