The threat of job cuts has re-emerged at Glasgow University less than three years after it shed hundreds of posts to combat an impending deficit. An internal audit predicts a £3 million shortfall by...
Meanwhile, back in Canada: the College of the North Atlantic, in St John's, Newfoundland, has struck oil. About 1,154 barrels of an oil-and-water mixture, spilt accidentally 25 years ago, was...
Hundreds of students and lecturers have signed a petition in protest at plans to move humanities and social science graduates from Thammasat University's central Bangkok campus to a second campus on...
Ethiopia releases academics after month in jail Two leading Ethiopian academics have been released on bail after 28 days in jail in Addis Ababa. Mesfin Wolde Mariam and Birhanu Nega have denied...
Enrolments at Australia's universities continue to outstrip the growth in staff numbers, and student-to-teacher ratios have reached their highest levels in decades. Figures compiled by the Australian...
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When it comes to putting ideas down on paper, a little good advice can go a very long way, writes Mark Griffiths. Writing is a basic but time-consuming activity in higher education. It is also...
V-cs press new government for more cash Vice-chancellors lost no time today in pressing the government for more cash for universities after Labour’s second landslide election victory. Baroness...
Public apathy about the general election left the main political parties struggling to find a memorable message to display on advertising billboards, Mark Garnett, an academic political pundit, said...
A joint lobby of the next Parliament for better pay by lecturers' unions and employers in further education looks likely, both sides agreed this week. The Association of Colleges reiterated its call...
Radical intervention in higher education by the incoming government is needed if universities are to balance the demands of access and excellence successfully, according to Sir David Watson, Brighton...
The Labour Party's ideology is much more complex than many academics suggest, according to an Edinburgh University expert. Lindsay Paterson, professor of educational policy, said analysts focused on...
Volcanology should be scientific not macho, says Clive Oppenheimer. In 1988, a long-dormant volcano called Galeras began to rumble. This rang alarm bells in Colombia as it was only three years since...
The publisher of the Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided that their product is no longer viable as a comprehensive work sold in book form and are replacing their traditional marketing with an online...
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