Natfhe conference: No love for Adonis
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...

John Morgan looks at how an old argument may become pressing in future funding debates

Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham

Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis

Lord Willetts and Lord Adonis go head to head in this video debate, tackling UK political issues from tuition fees to vice-chancellor pay levels
Brussels, 20 Jan 2003 The EU funded ADONIS (application development outsourcing to the newly independent states) consortium will present the project at a workshop in Berlin on 31 March. The...

Knee-jerk, uncosted and damaging calls to abolish fees must be resisted, says Bill Rammell

Former education minister speaks out on vice-chancellors’ pay, ‘summer holidays’ and academics’ workloads

Labour peer calls for funding council intervention on Glynis Breakwell’s salary
Announcing a £15 million package to help "gifted and talented" pupils win places at elite universities may sound like an uncontroversial move.But when Schools Minister Andrew Adonis unveiled the...

Lack of campus visits by Patrick Vallance does not reflect his extensive communication with higher education sector, says science department

It may feel as if the media is out to get universities. But a positive, pragmatic relationship is possible – and vital to public trust

Lack of a functioning executive and threat of a no-deal Brexit have put Northern Irish universities in jeopardy: could a new university help?

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and...