Staff may face fingerprinting
All applicants for jobs in higher and further education involving contact with under-18s will have to be fingerprinted if plans by the Criminal Records Bureau get the go-ahead, writes Chris Johnston...
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Rebels could sink fees bill by Christmas
Plans to allow universities to charge top-up fees could be defeated by Christmas unless the government makes further concessions to rebel Labour MPs. More than 120 Labour backbenchers signed an early...
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In the news: Tony Minson
Tony Minson has been thrust into the headlines with the biggest controversy to hit the University of Cambridge since he became pro vice-chancellor in August. There was a time when government...
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Appointments
The University of Teesside has appointed Mike Smith , professor and dean of research in the faculty of medicine, dentistry, psychology and health, deputy vice-chancellor (research and enterprise);...
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UCE proposes Aston merger
The University of Central England has agreed to dissolve and merge with Aston University to create an institution that would rival Birmingham University in size. UCE governors gave their approval on...
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'Blundering' reforms will blight Scots universities
One of the UK's leading authorities on devolution has condemned ministers for leaving Scotland's universities facing an uncertain future in the wake of their "blundering" English higher education...
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Tories name top-up troops
A new shadow education team will be leading Conservative opposition to top-up fees. The team, which was appointed under Tim Yeo, shadow health and education secretary late last week, includes Tom...
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Whistleblowers: BA to be probed on £2m award
Parliament's spending watchdog plans to examine allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy following investigations by The THES . The House of Commons public accounts committee has...
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Pilot angry at terror slur
An aviation student at Leeds University told of his shock this week when he discovered that he had been identified as a suspected terrorist and subjected to a Special Branch investigation. Mimbar Ali...
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Rebel MPs unmoved as fee juggernaut rolls on
In spite of intense government arm-twisting, Labour's tuition-fee refuseniks show little sign of backing down. But will they hang together as ministers press ahead? The government faces an uphill...
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Wage war on media fictions, MP urges
A gulf between scientists and government is forcing ill-informed policy-makers to rely on media scare stories and pressure groups, the Royal Institution has heard. Evan Harris, a new member of the...
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All kinds of everything for Dana's taboo-free zone
Scientists stood sipping champagne and politely tried not to stare at the pregnant man circulating among them at last week's launch of the UK's latest attempt to communicate science to the public,...
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Primate centre's future in doubt
Speculation grew this week about whether a new monkey research centre would ever be built in Cambridge, despite a landmark decision by the government to allow the project to go ahead, writes Anna...
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TV show tempts academics with custard and breasts
Some 150 scientists volunteered to take part in an anarchic television show that aims to inject student humour into the laboratory with experiments involving breasts, custard and explosives. Despite...
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Ministers fail to halt war of words over dual support
Leading academics this week pledged to keep fighting for a fundamental rethink of university research funding, despite an attempt by the government to draw a line under the debate, writes Anna...