Savings drive hits teaching and places
Cuts in extra student numbers compound grief of slashed teaching budgets. Melanie Newman writes
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Expect few new titles in library as sterling's fall pounds acquisitions
40% of university libraries plan cuts to book and journal purchases next year. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Senate House library fends off UCL takeover proposal and sticks with status quo
University College London has failed in its bid to take over Senate House Library amid fears that the move would "spell the end" of the federal University of London. The library's financial...
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Physics to feel pinch as STFC comes up short
The Science and Technology Facilities Council has outlined additional cuts in its research programme after it received a financial allocation for 2009-10 that was £12 million less than anticipated.In...
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ESRC puts doctoral training in few hands
Shift to focus postgraduate work in 25 centres concerns learned societies. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Governors have explored the legal scenarios if London Met goes bust
Advice has been delivered on positions under corporate insolvency law. Melanie Newman writes
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The cost of the credit crunch mounts: a round-up of university budget-cutting efforts
The vice-chancellor of the University of Surrey has blamed a "perverse" research assessment exercise result for forcing him to make 65 job cuts. The university is to implement a voluntary severance...
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Bottom line: universities are still not completely engaged
Hannah Fearn reports on the hopes and fears raised at Times Higher's Employer Engagement conference"They face each other across the divide rather like young lovers, with a mixture of fascination and...
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Thumbs down for skills-agenda qualifications
The Government's skills agenda is encouraging employers to put their staff through a series of useless vocational qualifications.This is the verdict of a new book by researchers led by Lorna Unwin,...
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News in brief
Economics teachingThe True value of sharingThe teaching materials of economics experts will be pooled as part of a project led by Nottingham Trent University. Fourteen specialist teaching and...
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Claim for unfair dismissal fails
Appeal tribunal rejects case of scholar who quit after exam marks were changed. Melanie Newman writes
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Denham rejects calls to turn QAA into universities' Ofsted
Minister defends agency's work but admits there is room for improvement, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Original features
The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the largest in Wales, is already one of the leading venues for contemporary arts and culture in the UK.This week sees the official opening of a major new project: eight...
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Students force U-turn over cuts to law lectures
Students at the University of Manchester have forced its School of Law into a U-turn over plans to reduce lecture hours.Protesters backed by the University of Manchester Students' Union staged a sit-...
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Few complaints justified, but some are mishandled
OIA sees cases of internal rules being broken but also lots of 'good work'. Rebecca Attwood reports