Greek universities in cash crisis
Lack of money has forced two Greek premier educational establishments, the University of Crete and the Polytechnic of Crete to close their doors for an indefinite period throwing the future of...
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Job law discriminates
Employment legislation is keeping ethnic minorities out of trade unions, according to a report from Warwick University. The report, Organising the unorganised: race, poor work and trade unions,...
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Russian spy plane takes the super-high way
European scientists are hiring a Russian spy plane and its pilot to fly through high polar clouds and measure their contribution to the degradation of the ozone layer. The pilot will fly the plane,...
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Children get health tips from soaps
Young children learn more about health from television than from school, according to Warwick University's department of applied social studies research. The survey, which questioned more than 300...
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GP computer use to patients queried
Family doctors who use computers during consultations can help improve their performance in tasks such as immunisation, checking blood pressure and prescribing. But Glasgow University researchers are...
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Armagh's scholarly ascent
In the Ulster city of saints and scholars, only the former seemed well catered for - until now. Armagh has two towering cathedrals and a dozen other churches but only one, fairly run down, further...
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Poll over semester pilot
A confidential poll of all academic and related staff at Liverpool John Moores University is being organised by Natfhe, the university and lecturers' union, to see what they think about the...
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Leeds Met looks at FE merger
Leeds Metropolitan University has taken the first steps towards merger with a nearby further education college this week. If the new affiliation is judged a success LMU and Airedale and Wharfedale...
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College axes 23 to get missing funds
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has released more than Pounds 900,000 to Scotland's national Roman Catholic college of education following approval of a plan which involves axing 23...
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Stargazers learn at a distance
Liverpool John Moores University is to build a telescope that will sit on the Canary Islands but be controlled remotely by astronomers in the United Kingdom. The one-metre telescope will be funded by...
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Torrie collection belongs to public
An art collection, whose works Edinburgh University contemplated selling during its financial crisis, belongs to the public, the Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled. While the university was...
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Row over choice of examiner
A part-time PhD student has challenged a university's absolute right to select its external examiners. Roger Coghill, from Gwent, has asked the Queen as visitor to adjudicate in a row with Surrey...
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Nitrogen fertilizers get laboratory fix
A Pounds 10 million laboratory for research into the mysteries of nitrogen fixation, a fundamental process that helps to ensure the growth of healthy plants, will open next week at the John Innes...
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Libraries spending slashed
University spending on library books has nearly halved during the years of Conservative rule, according to the Publishers Association. In the old university sector, spending on books has plummeted by...
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Researchers at ex-polys worse off
Researchers in the new universities are thousands of pounds worse off than their counterparts in the old universities, according to a survey published this week by lecturers' union Natfhe....