Engineers and poets are endowment winners
The third round of awards by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts saw 34 projects share £1.9 million. University-based winners included Linda Long at Exeter, who is generating...
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Comedian is elected rector of Dundee
Comedian and broadcaster Fred MacAulay has been elected rector of Dundee University by a massive majority of students. Mr MacAulay, who will be inaugurated later this year, polled 681 votes. His...
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Worker plans to sue campus
Leeds Metropolitan University could become the first university to be sued under the Human Rights Act. Ros Johnstone, a cleaning supervisor who was video-recorded by hidden cameras during her lunch...
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Scot cuts may lead to mass exodus
A modern languages expert has warned of a potential exodus of Scottish students to English universities if the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council goes ahead with "cataclysmic" teaching funding...
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Scientists struggle to shake off 'secretive'tag
Almost a third of scientists in teams that hold licences for animal research said they were concerned that talking publicly would set them up as targets for animal rights extremists. The finding is...
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Surveying body in accreditation row
The University of Central England is to challenge the inclusion of anyone involved in the decision to withdraw surveying course accreditation in associated research assessment panels. Peter Knight,...
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Senate hears safety worries
Cambridge University has fallen foul of health and safety watchdogs at least seven times since it admitted losing a package of radioactive material in 1999, its senate heard this week. The university...
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Body parts hysteria prompts reforms
The government has commissioned an inquiry into the management of senior staff working in universities and the National Health Service following the Alder Hey body parts scandal. The inquiry will be...
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Whistleblowers: Hefce chides Middlesex
Funding chiefs have ordered improvements to financial controls at Middlesex University, following more than a year of investigations by The THES . Quality control and employment problems were also...
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Analysis: The first rule of business - cover costs
Why does an academic consultant cost about the same per hour as a plumber? Claire Sanders reports on how universities are selling themselves - and staff - short. Plumbers charge an hourly rate of...
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Don's Diary
Friday Higher education unions' rally in London - excellent turnout - followed by march to Universities UK headquarters to lobby their board meeting. A new chant is initiated: "One, two, three, yuk...
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In the news: Ken Livingstone
Newt-loving Ken Livingstone has extended his affection to lowly paid academics and debt-ridden students. This week, the maverick mayor of London hosted a conference on further and higher education in...
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Run for your money
Michael Driscoll, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, is to take part in his first London marathon in April to raise money for the university's scholarship fund. Professor Driscoll aims to raise...
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A true sur-viva
A few weeks ago, we heard about students as victims of crime, but what about students as perpetrators? A story doing the rounds - and we do hope it is not an urban myth - suggests that even when...
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Trouble brewing
Under normal circumstances, asking students to "just say no" to beer would be a forlorn hope. But student leaders in Northern Ireland expect widespread support this week as they urge students to pour...