Oxford to exploit inventions in spin-offs
The University of Oxford has launched two more spin-off companies, bringing the total to four this year. The latest companies are developing a new form of computer tool and a new class of medical...
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Physicists face budget dilemma
Particle physicists and astronomers are drawing up plans for coping with a static budget following a disappointing allocation of funds as part of the comprehensive spending review, writes Alison...
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The number of PhD students funded by PPARC is likely to be increased by 10 per cent to 20 per cent by 2000
* The number of PhD students funded by PPARC is likely to be increased by 10 per cent to 20 per cent by 2000, depending on a vote taken at today's PPARC council meeting. PPARC also has plans to...
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Dons resist North legacy
Oxford dons are resisting moves to erode the traditional autonomy of the university's colleges through increased centralisation. Oxford's Congregation debated proposals this week to reform and...
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Academy 'will stop writers feeling lost'
Novelists Celia Brayfield and Carmen Callil have gone public this week with their proposal to set up Britain's first National Academy of Writing with lottery backing. The academy will mirror the...
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Curtis Brown Ltd
Literary agents Curtis Brown Ltd will offer a Pounds 1,000 prize for the best novel written by a student on the MA programme in novel writing run by the University of Manchester. The prize will go to...
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Private colleges object to extra cost of copying
Private higher education colleges are being forced to pay more for the right to photocopy books and journals than their public sector counterparts. The Council of Independent Colleges and Research...
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Fees protesters put futures on the line
At least three Oxford University students staked their academic futures in protest at the introduction of tuition fees this week. Two Balliol College undergraduates faced suspension as The THES went...
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Cloning fails to find favour
There is little public support for cloning for reproductive purposes, claims a report by the Wellcome Trust. The study, Public Perspectives on Human Cloning, found that even groups that might be...
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Cutting edge
Finding alternatives to testing new drugs on animals is an uphill struggle, but progress is being made. Paul Skett reports Should animals be used in testing new drugs if viable, scientifically...
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Sweet music for bio brigade
Biological sciences look healthy with a big funding boost and new buildings, writes Julia Hinde With the comprehensive spending review over, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council...
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A more intelligent grants system
Database company Oracle claims to have revolutionised the management of grants. Natasha Loder reports A quiet revolution is under way in the research administration of a handful of universities...
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BSE meltdown
(Photograph) - A cow carcass with suspected BSE infection is incinerated at Cluttons animal slaughterers in Wrexham. This year the BBSRC will plough Pounds 4.5 million into BSE research....
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Programmes for Euro science
The European Science Foundation is to launch eight new scientific programmes in the physical, life, medical and social sciences and the humanities. The new programmes run for four to five years from...
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Pounds 6 million centre for excellence
Crawford Beveridge, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, has announced plans for a Pounds 6 million centre of excellence in microelectronics and semiconductors based at Edinburgh University. The...