'Insulting' pay offer leads to a strike
Further education college lecturers have voted to back a two-day strike next week over an "insulting" 1.5 per cent pay offer from employers. An estimated 32,000 lecturers will leave classrooms empty...
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'Involve employers in making graduates employable'
There are serious mismatches between the expectations of academics and employers about the skills undergraduates should learn, according to a pilot survey by the Council for Industry and Higher...
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NI parties clash over student finance
Claims about a six-year delay on a review of student finance have sparked a political storm in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein has alleged that a decision to put off a review until 2008 had already been...
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ÌÇÐÄVlogsick Dutch cope better
British students suffer from a high level of homesickness and female students suffer more than males, according to new research. A study by British and Dutch psychologists found that more than 80 per...
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Analysis: Clinical friends are good
A healthy partnership between universities and the NHS is essential to the reform of healthcare and to Labour's widening participation agenda. Claire Sanders reports on two such alliances. The Leeds...
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Bid to give business schools autonomy
Business schools should not be expected to prop up the rest of the university to which they are attached, says a report recently handed to the government. It calls for dialogue between business...
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Findings: Titanic victims in 'cold shock'
When the Titanic went down, it tipped 1,489 people into the icy Atlantic Ocean, writes Caroline Davis. Although all were wearing lifejackets and the water was calm, none survived longer than two...
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Findings: Volcano threat to climate
The possibility of asteroids or comets hitting Earth is considered a real threat, and investigation into their detection, deflection or destruction is high on most science agendas, writes Caroline...
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Merger will boost number of students in Bradford
Plans being drawn up for Bradford's radical new institution, created by merging the city's university and college, aim to raise student numbers in the city by at least 20 per cent. A draft...
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Staff at Goldsmiths want Pimlott's head
Staff at Goldsmiths College are calling for a vote of no confidence in warden Ben Pimlott (pictured), accusing the historian and royal biographer of a failure of leadership. It comes as Professor...
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Scholars to enjoy Imperial largesse
More than 250 Imperial College academics could benefit from the second round of its pay reform, with almost 100 staff receiving an automatic increase and 160 being considered for performance bonuses...
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Czechs are turned off by the incredible lightness of being
Czech astronomers are hoping for clear skies on June 1 when the world's first national light pollution law comes into effect. People who pollute the night skies with street lighting or other sources...
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Stability, strength and Stalin's fellow-travellers
Rethinking European Order - The Politics of the Euro-Zone - European Integration
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Old sexpot's past will certainly open your eyes
The History of Greek Vases
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Big plans for our blueprint
Our Postmodern Future - Redesigning Humans