Overhaul plan for foundations
Government accused of 'mission drift' in reshaping flagship degree. Tony Tysome writes Government advisers are considering a radical reshaping of the government's flagship two-year foundation degree...
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Union leaders share stage to tout merger plan
A 100,000-strong super-union representing higher and further education lecturers will come a step closer this weekend as the leaders of Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers come together...
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Students are given all the answers
It was a dream come true for the eight second-year environmental science students at Newcastle University last Friday. They shuffled into the exam room at 9.30am, grimly resigned to the two-hour test...
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Top tips to prevent plagiarism
* Explain the nature of the exercise clearly to students * Specify particular books or websites that must be used as some of the source materials * Require the submission of a rough draft * Require...
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New breed of detectives fights a rise in copycats
An upsurge in plagiarism is placing unprecedented pressure on hard-pressed academics to spot the copycats, according to experts. A range of factors, from easy internet access to greater term-time...
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Spot eight clues in this essay and win a bottle of bubbly
The first Times Higher reader who is able to identify all eight plagiarism clues correctly will win a bottle of champagne. The solutions and a guide to preventing and spotting plagiarism will be...
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Telescope finds focus
Work has begun to link five radio telescopes across the UK with a fibre-optic network that will create a virtual telescope spanning some 217km. The e-Merlin network, which includes Manchester...
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Who'll save to learn?
Women, young people and those with low qualifications are the most likely groups to accept that they should save money in a learning account for their post-16 education, a study has found. Low...
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Self-regulation scheme
Further education organisations have been urged by the Learning and Skills Council's bureaucracy task force to set up a professional body to develop self-regulation for the sector. The body would...
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More life, less work
Graduates are demanding more flexible working arrangements from employers in a bid to reduce stress and long hours. A survey of 2,000 employees aged 16 to 24, for information technology firm Unisys,...
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FE brought to account
Jane Davidson, the Welsh Assembly's education minister, has rejected calls for the assembly to intervene in the funding of further education colleges in Wales to rescue the sector from a cash crisis...
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Science schism lecture
The conflicting demands of mass appeal and cutting-edge science will be explored in a public lecture by Sir Neil Chalmers, director of the Natural History Museum in London. Sir Neil will also explore...
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Ancient university dig
Polish archaeologists this week announced they had unearthed the remains of the world's earliest university in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. The team found the remains of 13 lecture halls, thought...
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No doubts about Dubya
The topic of George Bush's ethics proved compelling enough to ensure a full house at last week's Times Higher -sponsored discussion at the National Portrait Gallery in London. In a debate so...
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Officials urged to tackle boom in illegal working
The UK's shadow economy now employs the equivalent of up to 9 million full-time workers, yet academics claim that policy-makers are continuing to ignore the growing national impact this is having....