Labs at risk from loss of expertise
Age 'time bomb' and poor training threaten skills drain as technicans not replaced. Chloe Stothart reports. University laboratories face a "demographic time bomb" as large numbers of technicians...
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SA lecturer's 'freedom to criticise' verdict welcomed by UK
Academic freedom includes the right to criticise university managers, a High Court judge has ruled. Although the case was heard in the South African courts, the ruling has been welcomed by UK...
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'I have long admired the college's unique mission of helping mature women'
Author and expert on 18th century writers becomes the seventh president of women-only Cambridge college. A leading expert on Restoration and 18th-century women writers has been elected as the next...
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On the move ..
Alan Colman has been appointed the new director of stem-cell research at King's College London. He will join the college's health schools in May. Dr Colman was part of the team which created Dolly...
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Security limits tutor access
Students complain that swipe-card entry at Manchester's new building prevents them getting on to lecturers' floors. Rebecca Attwood reports. Students have complained that academics are locked away in...
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Scots review four-year degree
Scotland's traditional four-year degree is expected to come under review by the group looking at the future of higher education north of the border. The Joint Future Taskforce is made up of Fiona...
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Historians decry journal rankings
Leading historians have launched a withering attack on a new ranking of academic journals, which they say is "manifestly flawed, crude and oversimplified", writes John Gill. The group want the Arts...
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Cut dole queues, boost innovation: Callaghan's challenge to academe
Huw Richards delves into secret Government papers released for the first time under the 30-year rule. James Callaghan was that modern rarity, a non-graduate Prime Minister. But in spite of his...
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Feedback must be top priority
While student satisfaction overall is high, survey shows improvements are needed. Tariq Tahir reports. It is students' single biggest gripe, and universities are rapidly waking up to the fact that,...
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Post-92 websites fail on the basics
Four in ten post-92 university websites fail to give visitors adequate means to get information on the courses they offer, a new study has found, writes Tariq Tahir. In the first detailed analysis of...
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Triesman steps down
Lord Triesman is to step down from his ministerial role to be the first independent chairman of the Football Association. The Minister for Students has been nominated for the three-day-a-week job and...
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Nanotech review call
The Royal Society has called on the Government to do more research into the safety of nanotechnology following a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report updating progress on 19...
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Durham protests cuts
Durham University's physics department has told the Government that its work in particle physics and astronomy is "at risk" due to an £80 million funding shortfall for the Science and Technology...
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Warwick adds centre
A new Centre for Analytical Research is to be developed at Warwick University. The university has been awarded £4 million in government funding for the centre, which will pool the expertise of...
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Islamic banks studied
Lancaster University has launched a course in Islamic banking. It will be offered by the Management School as part of its MSc in money, banking and finance. The course will examine Sharia-compliant...