How to square the circle: Research
The massive improvement in the results of this year's research assessment exercise - due on December 14 - will increase financial pressure on the funding council. Half the staff who were returned in...
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How to square the circle: Expansion
The government wants excellence, access and relevance within existing budgets. The first problem it faces is to define which students and qualifications count as higher education. Prime minister Tony...
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How to square the circle: Diversity
Higher education institutions receive public money for teaching, research and special initiatives - which include links with business and special schemes to widen participation. Research funding is...
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Scot race policy falls short
Most Scottish further education colleges have weaknesses in promoting racial equality, and a significant minority have no explicit strategies for tackling racism, according to a report by Her Majesty...
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Minorities are better educated than peers
Britain's ethnic minorities are better educated than their white peers but are paid less and are the first to be sacked in a recession, according to a report from the Centre for Economic Performance...
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Hull move is big risk, Lincoln staff warn
Academics at the University of Lincoln are to warn managers that moving the main campus from Hull to Lincoln could put the institution's future at risk. The shift is the main plank of a recovery plan...
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Lucy finds feet in starring role
Humankind's first footfalls are being reassessed after collaboration between scientists and animators working on the BBC series Walking with Beasts . After helping breathe life into our earliest...
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Call for exam 'help' attacked
An international student adviser at the University of Plymouth has been sounding out other institutions about allowing extra reading time in exams to students whose first language is not English. Pat...
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UK scientists oppose baby cloning project
British experts in human reproductive health overwhelmingly oppose Severino Antinori's plans to clone a baby but a minority feel the results could still be scientifically useful. Twelve academics...
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Predicted grades causing offer bias
Students at further education colleges could be disadvantaged when applying to university because their predicted A-level grades tend to be lower than those they achieve. Independent schools predict...
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Whistleblowers
Evans snubbed again Cambridge University will face a new High Court challenge to its procedures for promoting academic staff following its renewed decision to deny lecturer Gill Evans a promotion....
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Analysis: Scots learning ladder
A new Scots credit system encourages lifelong learning by making the transition between all levels of education easier. Olga Wojtas reports. The pioneering Scottish Credit and Qualifications...
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5% is real figure for dropouts, says UUK
Far fewer students drop out of university than official figures suggest, says new research revealed today. The report, published by Universities UK, shows a drop-out rate of about 5 per cent. The...
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Bogus students abuse visa rule
Illegal immigrants are abusing the university admissions system to gain entry to the United Kingdom, overseas student advisers fear. Sheffield Hallam University is investigating the whereabouts of...
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Foreigners in protest over tuition fees
International students are forming an organisation to protest against the level of fees they are expected to pay, writes Cherry Canovan. Organisers of Students Against International Fees Excess say...