British Library says sorry for disruptions
The British Library has apologised to users for the disruption to services resulting from this week's strike. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union downed tools on Monday over pay...
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Frustrated Tory shadow quits to spend time with his family
Shadow further and higher education minister Alistair Burt resigned this week, expressing discomfort, regrets and frustration after less than a year in the job. Mr Burt told The THES he resigned the...
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MPs put science bodies in dock
The UK's leading science and engineering bodies discriminate against academics in emerging disciplines and in universities outside Oxford, Cambridge and London, according to MPs. The House of Commons...
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Upbeat end-of-era quality report masks concerns
Flawed student assessment risks undermining confidence in the standard of British degrees, the quality watchdog has warned at the end of the largest ever review of university teaching. Publishing the...
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UCL head resigns as staff lose faith
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith has quit as provost of University College London after council members received a letter from senior staff expressing no confidence in him. The council had earlier delayed...
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Archive wins £4.4m to build a new home
Higher education's most used archive, which contains gems such as Charlotte Bronte's will and the marriage bonds of Anthony Trollope and William Wordsworth, has received a Heritage Lottery grant of £...
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Cash-poor UK at risk of losing R&
The nation's research excellence cannot be sustained unless money is found for up-and-coming research and overworked researchers, according to a report published this week. Research funding will be...
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New universities lack ethnic minority governors
Nearly half of all new universities and higher education colleges have no ethnic minority members on their board of governors, according to research from lecturers' union Natfhe. Nearly 40 per cent...
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Worried product opts to rebrand
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle is to rename and rebrand itself. After two years of introspection, it concluded that its title and message have become tired and cumbersome, writes Alison...
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Montevideo
Uruguay's finance minister has accused the rector of the Universidad de la Républica of wrongly using funds assigned for overdue expenses and investment for teaching staff wage increases.
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Afghanistan
Unesco is seeking $ million (£17 million) to help Afghanistan rebuild its education system, notably Kabul University.
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Age law adds to campus burdens
New European Union legislation on workplace discrimination could keep ageing, expensive and underproductive lecturers in post, causing universities serious staffing problems by further skewing their...
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Poor? You could be in FE, says minister
Hard-up university students should stop moaning because college students are even poorer, higher education minister Margaret Hodge has said. Ms Hodge picked another fight with students during a...
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Deal for 50,000 signals end of contract limbo
More than 50,000 lecturers and researchers on fixed-term contracts can expect to be given permanent job security under a historic agreement between employers and trade unions. In a groundbreaking...
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Notts: we welcome clarity on tobacco funding
Nottingham University has welcomed tighter guidelines designed to stop universities accepting funding from the tobacco industry. Cancer Research UK accused tobacco manufacturers of attempts to "exert...