UK should look to Uncle Sam for a helping hand
Canny UK universities are tapping US donor potential. Sheldon Elliot Steinbach and Celia Roady explain. British universities are clearly in for a tough time over the next few years. Signs of tight...
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Missing the bigger picture
Don't get carried away with the mega-university - there will be a price to pay, insists Colin Clark. The era of the mega-university has arrived. The recent announcement of the merger between...
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Don't deny spice of life
Get off your high academic horses over the Disability Discrimination Act, says Peter Nicholson. Higher education is under the starter's gun to put its house in order and to comply with the Disability...
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Why I think higher education should stay out of Gats
The World Trade Organisation talks on liberalising international trade in services - through the General Agreement on Trade in Services - may not sound earth-shattering, but if higher education...
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Nerc bids to help tackle global warming
An effort to crack a key problem thought to lie at the heart of global warming is being considered by the government, writes Steve Farrar. The Natural Environment Research Council has made a bid for...
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EU debate on middle way for cell study
A compromise over European Union funding for stem-cell studies through the Sixth Framework research programme may be endorsed by heads of government at their two-day summit in Barcelona beginning...
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Grant cuts threaten 1,000 jobs
More than 1,000 academics could lose their jobs after last week's funding allocations. The allocations gave about 15 institutions extra money to compensate for large budget cuts. But this cash will...
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From today's UK papers
Cannabis report clears way to softer line The government's drug advisory council, chaired by Sir Michael Rawlins, professor of clinical pharmacology at Newcastle University, has reported that...
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For the record
EPSRC pilots combined grants programme The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has approved plans to consolidate grants into large five-year tranches for big research teams that...
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News in brief
Madison The University of Wisconsin System is to suspend undergraduate admissions pending confirmation of budget cuts by the state legislature. The university faces a $20 million (£14 million) cut on...
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Next week
News Ivory towers and golden hoards: the lure of IPR in academe. Features Carmen's many celluloid incarnations. The roots of Hindu extremism in India. Michael Loughlin rails against management-speak...
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Chiefs dig in heels over participation
Universities will take on the government by refusing to recruit more students unless they get the money to do so. University leaders have warned ministers that their 50 per cent participation target...
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'Justify huge v-c pay rises'
Sir Howard takes institutions to task. Pay rises awarded to vice-chancellors are being investigated by the English funding council, it emerged this week. Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the...
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Gay men suffer shortfall in salary
Gay men in the United Kingdom face discrimination when it comes to pay, despite having a higher level of education. But they still earn more than the UK average. A team of economists analysed the...
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Academic life is hell - official
It is official: lecturers are being pressured into teaching longer hours, sometimes in breach of their contracts, in increasingly large classes, with less time for contact with their students and...