US visa limbo costs physicist Stanford post
A Brunel University physicist has been forced to give up a top research post at Stanford University because he shares his name with a suspected Islamic terrorist. Akram Khan, a reader in the School...
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Healthy jobs boost
More than 80 per cent of students who graduated in 2004-05 in medicine and dentistry, subjects allied to medicine, veterinary science and education, found employment, according to the Higher...
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£33K bill for degree
Sixthformers starting university this year expect to fork out £33,512 over the course of their degree, a rise of almost £5,000 on last year's projected figure, a survey has found. The survey by...
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'Introduce British Bac'
A levels should be phased out after 2008 and replaced by a British Baccalaureate with a menu of academic and vocational elements, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. The think-tank...
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VSO: update gap year
Gap-year programmes for UK students are at risk of becoming outdated and a new form of colonialism, according to international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas. The charity is calling...
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Engineers' e-archive
Professional Engineering Publishing (Pep), the publishing arm of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has created an online archive of engineering journals dating back to 1847. Pep publishes 17...
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Top-ups affect inflation
The Bank of England stated last week that the introduction of top-up fees in England was partly to blame for rising inflation. Mervyn King, the bank's governor, said there was a "50:50" chance of...
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Summer time and the living is easy...
... but not if you're an academic, says Anna Fazackerley, who finds quite a few on a busman's holiday, hunched over a PC or working hard in the lab. For James Tooley, professor of education at...
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V-cs go to ends of earth - and Derbyshire
Where do university heads escape in August after a gruelling year dealing with striking academics, litigious students and the latest government directives? Vice-chancellors are just as likely to take...
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New title brings boom in students
England's newest universities look set for a bumper recruitment year in which they will buck the downward trend in applications nationally, according to new figures. Nine of the 12 institutions that...
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Law tops list for clearing intake
Some subjects rely on the last-minute scramble to fill their courses, reports Alan Thomson. Students entering the final rush for degree places in clearing this week are up to three times more likely...
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A dirty job but a sexy price tag
Jessica Shepherd kicks off a new series on popular courses by plumbing the depths of a Cornish tin mine. Wanted: students of all ages. Must be willing to accept heavily subsidised trips abroad,...
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A levels miss the mark
A third of admissions officers believe A levels are of little use in preparing students for university, according to a survey. Some 29 per cent said that A-level study prepared students badly for...
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Spin-off potential
Making money from spin-offs will be among the topics discussed at a conference to be hosted by Imperial College London on September 26. Speakers include David Willetts MP, Rory Earley from the...
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Can you afford to study?
Students worried about how much going to university will cost them in time and money can work it out using a new online calculator. By entering their income and expenditure in a range of areas, users...