A head of school at a Russell Group university emailed academics urging them to be "VERY generous" when assessing postgraduate applications, warning them that they "simply cannot afford to be very...
Tensions mount as Michael Russell affirms multi-pronged reform agenda. David Matthews writes
Education expert locks horns with HEA chief over need to train academics to teach. John Gill reports
New questions have been raised about the process for granting taught degree-awarding powers to commercial companies after a US for-profit bought a UK provider and promised to pay a further £4 million...
Concerns grow that framework programme is ignoring humanities research. Paul Jump writes
1994 Group fears proposed changes to teacher training could be devastating, reports Jack Grove
Queen's University Belfast plans to shed about 200 jobs as part of a £28 million "efficiency saving" in Northern Ireland's higher education sector.
Academics have been urged to stop "cheating" students and commit to a truly honest relationship.Kyra Gaunt-Palmer, associate professor of anthropology and black studies at Baruch College at the City...
Intellectual propertyBeware of blunt instrumentsChanges in copyright law to allow unfettered data mining are an "unwarranted blunt instrument which will undermine UK publishing", it has been claimed...
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RS3Rs Research Funding Scheme• Award winner: Bertrand Collet• Institution: Marine Scotland Science• Value: £...
As Post-Modernism's star wanes, Andrew Thacker observes, a diverse, multivalent Modernism is drawing fresh scholarly attention
EdinburghSinging the ReformationIn the second half of the 16th century, Thomas Wode, a Catholic monk and later Presbyterian minister, left an important legacy in the form of the St Andrews Psalter....
Credit: www.sdna.tvLeaps of imagination: SDNA's exploration of surreal dreamingCurtain CallThe Roundhouse, LondonThe Roundhouse, a Victorian engine shed that later served as a gin distillery store,...
Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, has once again warned that academics who depart from SLERP ("statutory leave email referral protocol") will face disciplinary action.Targett pointed...
In higher education, it's not how much time you spend with students, but what you do with it that should count