On the move
* The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has appointed: Leicester University vice-chancellor Bob Burgess chair from July; and John Cappock , former finance deputy director at the University...
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End 'willy-nilly' closures - MPs
MPs will call next week for regional panels to take control of which science subjects universities provide, The Times Higher can reveal. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee is due...
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Researchers pressured to tailor results for sponsors
At least one in ten scientists has been asked by a commercial backer to tailor their research conclusion or advice to meet the sponsor's requirements, according to a survey of university and...
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Time is ripe for PQA, Whitehall suggests
Universities would cease to use schools' predicted grades to select students within three years, under plans for a post-qualifications applications system drafted in Whitehall. Under the proposals,...
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Opposites attract?
Psychologists at Aberdeen University have found that students shown photos of members of the opposite sex digitally altered to look like them found the faces trustworthy but not lustworthy. Lisa...
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Making a Case for saving science
After nearly two decades of noisy campaigning, Save British Science, Britain's oldest science pressure group, announced this week that it would be swapping its plaintive name for something rather...
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Titles confirmed
The Government has approved bids by six higher education colleges to become universities. The university colleges of Bath Spa, Canterbury Christchurch, Liverpool Hope, Chester, Winchester plus the...
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Royal appointment
The mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah is to be the next president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, succeeding Lord Sutherland, former principal of Edinburgh University, in October. Sir Michael will...
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Support assured
The support that institutions provide for foreign students may be included in the next round of quality audits from 2006, Peter Williams, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, said this...
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Stronger foundations
The Government unveiled a Skills White Paper this week with an emphasis on improving college education, including an expansion of foundation degrees. On Tuesday, Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary,...
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Curran to Bournemouth
Paul Curran has been appointed vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University. Professor Curran will move down the coast from Southampton University, where he is deputy vice-chancellor. He will take over...
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Bursary table figures
Some errors crept into the table of bursary offers (March 18). The minimum support for a first-year student on a full maintenance grant at University College Winchester will be £1,000 and the maximum...
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Stress report
Our report last week on Michelle Tytherleigh's research, which found that staff in new universities were more likely to suffer from stress than their counterparts in old institutions, was headlined "...
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Government considered £5,000 fee
The Government looked at rapidly increasing the level of top-up fees in a series of annual hikes that would have taken them to £5,000 a year, according to a previously restricted document released...
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Senior staff put on Leeds pay spine
Leeds University has become the first UK institution to create a new pay band for professors and senior management, in what has been described as the most comprehensive pay agreement to date. Unions...