Royal Society calls for more science PhDs
The UK's 'innovation economy' will stall without skilled graduates, body warns. Zoe Corbyn writes.
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Welsh research base is 'weak', Swansea admits
A lack of research quality in its universities is harming Wales's prospects for greater economic growth, the Welsh Assembly has been told.The Assembly's Enterprise and Learning Committee is currently...
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Irish Government ties funding to national goals
Cash may be cut if targets on participation, quality and reforms are missed. John Gill reports.
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Overseas briefing
CHINA: DECLINE IN POSTGRADUATE ENTRANTSThe number of students taking China's national postgraduate entrance exam has fallen for the first time in a decade. The Ministry of Education said that 1.2...
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Hefce falls short on staff diversity
The funding council admits it is missing its targets on ethnicity, gender and disability. John Gill reports.
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20 years ago
Academics at The Open University who hoped to see colour co-ordination at graduation ceremonies and an end to bright blue gowns with clashing black mortarboards were nursing their disappointment. The...
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Policy watch
QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY: Ofsted, QAA to work togetherThe quality watchdogs for schools and universities have joined forces in a partnership designed to reduce red tape. Christine Gilbert, head of...
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Astronomers await city ruling on night lighting
A ten-year dispute over the University of Cambridge's plans to floodlight an athletics track is due to come to a head this week.The planning department of the Cambridge City Council is set to give...
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Wilmut knighthood enrages former team
Ex-colleagues petition Buckingham Palace for honour to be revoked, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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Number of staff entered for RAE rises by 12%
The number of academics whose work has been submitted for the research assessment exercise has increased by nearly 6,000 compared with the last exercise in 2001, figures from the Higher Education...
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The week in higher education
- The press took a number of different positions on a research report on university admissions by the 1994 Group of smaller research-led universities on 23 January. The Daily Telegraph reported that...
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Researcher fears moral bankruptcy
The focus on market-driven wealth creation within academic research is "morally bankrupt" and leaves academics feeling like prostitutes, a professor of physics at the University of Nottingham has...
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UK begins to rival US in popularity stakes
Perceived safety and high standards help to make Britain a top student destination. John Gill reports.
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Britain falling behind, says Dearing
Author of 1997 higher education review fears Whitehall's 40 per cent participation target is too low. John Gill reports.
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Big expansion plans to take city by storm
Two-year degrees at heart of Gloucestershire goal to win 6,000 more students, writes Melanie Newman.