Test minds, but tend them too
Today's students are suffering a mental health crisis. Richard Kadison demands more understanding and action from the universities The number of college students with serious mental health problems...
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Funding a spur to Scots
Pay modernisation for Scottish academics has been given the green light thanks to a record increase in funding for higher education north of the border. Jim Wallace, Scotland's lifelong learning...
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Sacked veteran is invited back
A disabled 70-year-old emeritus professor whose 40-year association with Manchester Metropolitan University ended when he was escorted from the campus by police is to be reinstated, the university...
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We will not set access quotas, Howells says
Kim Howells, the new ÌÇÐÄVlog Minister, this week insisted that the Government had no "backdoor agenda" to interfere in university admissions and would not fine institutions that missed their...
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UK gets down to the business of recruitment
Caroline Davis assesses the boom in business and management studies. UK business schools seem to have no trouble putting theory into practice for they are thriving in a highly competitive sector....
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Cass soars to take on the global high-fliers
London's Cass Business School is rising faster up the Financial Times league tables than any other business school worldwide. Since David Currie joined as dean in 2001, Cass has been changing and...
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Big plans unsettle small science
A government announcement of nearly £150 million funding for two "big science" projects has sparked fears that small-scale research may be left out in the cold. Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister,...
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Join the click for a kill or cuddle
Sperm whales have been revealed as both ruthless predators and gentle socialites in a study that lifts the lid on their hidden underwater world for the first time. Advanced tracking devices have...
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PhD code could 'lead to a rise in legal actions'
The new code of practice for research students could lead to an increase in litigation, universities were warned this week. The code, published last month by the Quality Assurance Agency, sets out...
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Poll limit may sink survey
Small groups of aggrieved students will be prevented from ruining academic reputations under the Government's flagship student satisfaction survey, it was confirmed this week. But by imposing a "...
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Imperial axes farm sciences
Imperial College London is to axe at least 60 jobs in agricultural sciences in a move that could lead to it selling off its 350 hectare Wye campus in Kent. The decision to close the agricultural...
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NUS keen to take on jobs role
Universities should look beyond the image of student unions as political and campaigning bodies and ask them to help prepare undergraduates for the jobs market, academics were told this week. A...
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Can't tell your ash from your elder?
The Scottish Agricultural College is helping outdoor novices turn over a new leaf in appreciating their surroundings. Allan Bain, a mature student at the SAC, has illustrated the pamphlet for walkers...
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Call to probe loans hold-up
A full investigation is needed into this year's student loan problems to prevent a repeat next year, according to a senior MP. Norman Lamb, who sits on the influential Treasury Select Committee, said...
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Value of SAT test questioned
The value of the SAT as a predictor for academic performance has been thrown into question by a US college that has ceased to demand that applicants take the test. Bates College, in the New England...