Campus bid to ban racy 'totty' contests
An upsurge in "lads mag"-style events on campus and racy pictures on student websites has raised concerns among academic and student union leaders. Members of the University and College Union have...
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A touch-up job
A touch-up job: Andrew Cranny of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University fine-tunes a prototype of the 'Remedi-Hand'. The prosthetic, which not only mimics the...
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UK told to raise language bar for foreign students
International students too often do not have the English language skills to cope with the challenges of studying in the UK, the Society for Research into ÌÇÐÄVlog conference heard last week....
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Watchdog warns DfES
The Government's public spending watchdog has criticised the Department for Education and Skills for failing to collect reliable data to prove it is meeting its policy targets. The National Audit...
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Leeds Met raises profile
Leeds Metropolitan University has appointed Anne Gregory, director of the university's Centre for Public Relations Studies, pro vice-chancellor. Professor Gregory, the UK's only full-time professor...
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Capital trio join forces
A new academic alliance between Kingston University, Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, was launched this week in a move to boost provision of higher...
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£2m donation
A Cambridge University engineering graduate has donated more than £2 million to endow a post in solid mechanics. David Hibbitt set up engineering business ABAQUS Inc. in the US after graduating.
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Innovation share-out
Seven universities shared £31 million under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's science and innovation awards this week. The winners of the awards, which were jointly funded by...
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Defeated v-c will be called to Commons
Education committee will focus on governance of elite, write Jessica Shepherd and Jamie Munk The way Oxford, Cambridge and the UK's other top universities are run will be a key element of the...
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Pay deals set to force sector £68m into red
Staffing costs and waning overseas interest contribute to gloomy forecast. Anthea Lipsett reports The university sector is set to plunge into a deficit of almost £70 million, according to analysis...
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Raise top-up cap, think-tank urges
The £3,000 cap on tuition fees should be raised, according to a think-tank, which this week reported that funding arrangements for English universities are "among the most progressive in the world",...
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All change in Yorkshire as three new heads prepare to take up the reins
Higher education in Yorkshire is set for a dynamic shift in leadership with the announcement this week of three new vice-chancellors at Bradford, Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities, writes...
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QAA queries leadership at York St John
Quality watchdogs have raised questions over the academic leadership and management of the UK's newest university. York St John University, which gained its new title in October this year, has been...
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East seeks expansion
The East of England is experiencing a "brain drain" with half its graduates leaving the area. The East of England Development Agency said many people left the region to go to university and those who...
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End users to judge work
Social policy researchers hope to enlist the people that their research affects most to judge its quality in the next research assessment exercise. Members of the RAE social policy sub-panel are...