Fears grow for research cash
Expectations of a spectacular spending review settlement for science were dashed last week as research councils discovered how little new money would be available for science projects. The Government...
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Black AUT members 'very close' to tribunal action
The row over the representation of black members by the Association of University Teachers escalated this week as black activists warned that the union might be taken to a race tribunal. The AUT has...
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Champions of science square up over policies
The gloves were off in science this week as the three main political parties battled for the academic vote in the coming general election, killing off research councils and trampling on egos along...
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Drugs market is banking on sex
Independent sex research is being irreparably damaged by multibillion-pound drugs companies clamouring to find successors to the blockbuster sex drug Viagra, researchers claimed this week. In the...
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UKeU was a 'disgraceful waste' of public money
MPs have condemned the UK e-University as a "disgraceful waste" of public funds in a long-awaited report unveiled today. The Commons Education and Skills Select Committee inquiry has found that at a...
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E-learning to get £33m cash boost
E-learning in universities is to get a £33 million boost alongside the £8 million remaining from the failed UK e-University. The funding injection will be announced to vice-chancellors in a circular...
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Funding fillip for further study
Universities in England are to get £60 million extra for postgraduate training and supervision in 2005-06, allaying fears that new research-degree funding arrangements would mean financial losses for...
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Pittilo appointed
The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has appointed Michael Pittilo to succeed Bill Stevely as principal in September. Professor Pittilo, who studied biology at Strathclyde University and began...
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Part-time deterrent
Funding council chiefs admitted this week that working-class students could be "deterred" from studying part time by the 2006 tuition fee and bursary regime, but stepped back from offering more cash...
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Medication concern
One in 20 emergency admissions to hospital is due to adverse reactions to prescribed medicines, says Hugh McGavock, a prescribing science expert at Ulster University. This could stem from patients...
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Scots merger talks
Jim Wallace, Scotland's Lifelong Learning Minister, has launched consultations for merged colleges in Forth Valley and Fife. Last year, Glasgow Metropolitan College was created through the merger of...
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Forensic centre opens
Cathy Jamieson, Scotland's Justice Minister, has opened a Centre for Forensic Science at Strathclyde University, the first of its kind in the UK. It will provide educational, research and consultancy...
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Gender pay gap 'has got wider'
Female academics still lag behind male colleagues when it comes to pay, promotions and career prospects, the union representing lecturers in old universities will tell the Government's commission on...
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14-to-19 reforms defended by Kelly
A key test of the Government's proposed reform of 14-to-19 education will be whether elite universities in future offer places to students with a mix of "practical skills", work experience and A...
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Hefce burdened by requests for details
Responding to the deluge of Freedom of Information Act requests is proving a more time-consuming and costly business than expected for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Hefce has...