Lecturer takes Edinburgh to jobs tribunal
A former lecturer in social anthropology at Edinburgh Universityhas claimed he was isolated and slandered by colleagues in a campaign of harassment that ultimately destroyed his career. Alan Campbell...
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Tables 'will make recruitment of teachers harder'
Universities have attacked the government's plans to publish the first performance tables of teacher training institutions next week. Vice-chancellors and heads of education departments fear that the...
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Natfhe condemn fixed-term contracts
Paul Mackney, general secretary of Natfhe, has condemned the "daylight robbery" of thousands of lecturers and researchers on fixed-term contracts. He said the government's Fairness at Work white...
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AUT slams work hours law for excluding academics
The Association of University Teachers has hit out at new government regulations for failing to protect academics from excessive workloads. The working time directive, which will come into force on...
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De Montfort to scrap 54 jobs
De Montfort University is locked in a battle with lecturers' unions over plans to axe more than 50 academic posts. The proposed redundancies are the result of restructuring and efforts to meet...
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Queen's threatened with judicial review as redundancy row escalates
The Association of University Teachers has threatened Queen's University Belfast with a judicial review as the bitter row over lecturer redundancies deepens. The warning came as AUT leaders met Queen...
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Autumn facelift for tatty laboratories
Universities are eagerly eyeing the Pounds 600 million joint infrastructure fund for refurbishing decaying laboratories and replacing obsolete equipment. The fund was announced in July as part of the...
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Probe into what puts women off research
A consortium of funders, including all the research councils, the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society, is to instigate an independent survey to investigate why women do not apply for grants in the same...
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Japanese flock to UK for science
The United Kingdom has emerged as the most popular destination in Europe for visiting Japanese scientists and engineers, according to a study highlighting the strength of research links between the...
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Astronomers reach for the stars - as distant learners
Engineers and technicians on Merseyside are among the first students to enrol on a new astronomy course offered by Liverpool John Moores University. By day, the staff build a robotic telescope for...
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Black out
(Photograph) - John Parkinson, director of science and mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University, a member of the UK eclipse co-ordinating group, has been touring Plymouth and Penzance in...
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UMIST spells out ethics policy after tobacco row
The university of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has drawn up an ethical policy following a row earlier this year over tobacco sponsorship. Registrar Paddy Stephenson said concerns...
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Trebles all round
Appointments at the European School of Business and Management, Swansea have "made a mockery" of the University of Wales's financial management, says the Association of University Teachers. Earlier...
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Readers reactions
Last week in The THES ... Andrew Oswald argued that British universitieswill follow the lead of the United States, whereacademics are paid according to subject. Highest salaries are for computing,...
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Dangerous enthusiasm of new boulton boss
In her enthusiasm to clean up Matthew Boulton College of Further and Higher Education, new principal Christine Braddock is in danger of contravening the institution's rules of governance. Last week...