Fees blamed for bad behaviour
They are incidents more associated with the classroom than the lecture hall, but it seems that the rudeness, incivility and even violence that occurs in schools is creeping into universities....
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Staff endure threats, abuse and vendettas
Deborah Lee of Nottingham Trent University, the author of the National Student Conduct Survey, found disturbing tales of staff under stress and lacking support. This survey, building on research I...
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Cancer tissue bank
A national "biobank" set up to house and supply samples of cancer patients' tissue for research has begun accepting sample donations. Cancer patients in selected NHS Trusts can now opt to donate...
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Businesswomen pilot
Northampton University's Business School has won a grant from the European Social Fund to run a pilot training scheme for women from Eastern Europe who live in the UK and wish to start their own...
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Toshiba fellowships
Electronics giant Toshiba has launched a search for cutting-edge PhD-level researchers to join its annual fellowship initiative. The Toshiba Fellowship Programme, now in its 25th year, offers two...
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Sheffield-OU tie-up
Sheffield University is offering a new route to a chemistry or physics degree, with students studying part-time for two years with the Open University, followed by two years full-time with Sheffield...
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Gold for York chemists
York University's chemistry department has been given a gold Swan award for excellence in recruiting female scientists, engineers and technologists and advancing their careers - the first department...
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Call to heal rift between science and religions
BA's Festival of Science hears attack on preconceptions fuelled by post-9/11 extremism. Louise Sutton writes One of the hot tickets at this year's Festival of Science was the debate on whether...
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Pensions could fund study - Lib Dems
People could pay for higher education courses by raiding their pension funds under a new Liberal Democrat concept. Speaking before the party's annual conference in Brighton next week, Sarah Teather,...
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Protest lodged over 'punished' academic
A body representing US academics has protested against a university's treatment of a controversial lecturer. The American Association of University Professors wrote to the president of DePaul...
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Shun stocks, China's universities told
The Chinese Government has warned universities against investing in shares and bonds despite rises in the country's stock markets. The Chinese national news agency Xinhua said that universities had...
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Sharp Rise in bipolar disorder diagnosis
The number of children treated in US psychiatric hospitals for bipolar disorder has risen sixfold between 1996 and 2004, a report reveals. The study by researchers at Stony Brook University Medical...
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Graduate student flow to the us slows
The number of overseas students admitted to US graduate schools rose 8 per cent in 2007 compared with 2006, but the rate of increase slowed from 12 per cent last year, according to a study by the...
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Fewer librarians, more nurses, please
Sweden will have too many graduates qualified as journalists, scientists and secondary school teachers and a shortage of dentists, doctors and pre-school teachers unless the balance of places on...
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Call for european phd funding parity
A universities body is calling for funding for doctoral candidates at universities across Europe to be improved so they can live and work in decent conditions. A report from the European Universities...