University staff join ‘biggest strike for a generation’
University lecturers and support staff are on strike over pensions today, joining national action that unions say will involve up to two million public sector workers.
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White Paper policies are ‘virus-like destroyers’ of university ideal
The government’s higher education reforms are built round a set of “meretricious policy concepts” – competition, choice and access – which are in fact “virus-like destroyers of the idea of a...
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Welsh government rules on Glyndwr merger proposals
Glyndwr University has been saved from merger after the Welsh education minister rejected a proposal that it should move into a “group structure” managed by Bangor and Aberystwyth universities.
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Removal of VAT barrier to encourage shared services
A major barrier to universities saving money by sharing services is set to be removed by the government.
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Chancellor announces ?200 million boost to science funding
Science organisations have welcomed the government’s announcement of ?200 million in additional capital spending.
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Use of contextual data must become commonplace, Milburn says
Considering a pupil’s social background in admissions should become the “norm, not the exception”, the government’s social mobility tsar has said.
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Inside Higher Ed: Photos with charge
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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School of Music to close, UEA council announces
The University of East Anglia is to close its School of Music.
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Latest Ucas figures show 15.1 per cent fall in UK applications
The number of UK students who have applied to university for 2012, when they will be charged fees of up to ?9,000, has fallen by 15.1 per cent on the same point last year.
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Scotland boosts support for postgraduates
The Scottish government has pledged loans to support an extra 2,300 postgraduate students, bringing the total supported places up to 4,000.
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Visa crackdown bolsters case for overseas campuses, 1994 Group says
Research-intensive universities in the UK should be considering setting up more campuses overseas to counter the threat of falling international student numbers at home, a mission group has said.
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RCUK launches new system for logging research ‘impact’
A new web system has been launched which aims to make it easier for academics to detail the impact of their work.
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Unease remains over EPSRC’s ‘shaping capability’ deadline
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been warned that the deadline set for final decisions on its controversial “shaping capabilities” programme may be too tight to allow the...
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Sheffield named ‘University of the Year’ at annual THE Awards
The University of Sheffield has scooped the top prize of University of the Year at this year’s 糖心Vlog Awards.Announced as the winner at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House hotel in Park...
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Queen’s Anniversary prizes awarded to 18 universities
Research into eye disease, a ground-breaking creative writing course and work to improve food security has helped 18 universities to win Queen’s Anniversary prizes for higher and further education.