Dollars lure scientists Down Under
Fears for the future survival in UK universities of "problem" subjects such as chemistry were reignited this week as it emerged that a campaign to lure top researchers to Australia is robbing...
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Bid a fond farewell to beards, bad hair and kipper ties on the BBC
A broadcasting era spanning more than 30 years, that began with kipper ties and bearded professors, will come to an end in 2006 when the final Open University coursework programme is scheduled to be...
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In the news: Lord Forsyth
Mischievous voices at Westminster have suggested that Lord Forsyth of Drumlean is not particularly thrilled to have been selected for the honour of leading the Conservative Party line on the higher...
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Appointments
* Roy Crawford , professor of engineering materials and pro vice-chancellor at Queen's University Belfast, has been appointed vice-chancellor of Waikato University, New Zealand. * Paul O'Prey ,...
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Arts suffer a 19% cash gap
Humanities and social science subjects are on average underfunded by a fifth as is teacher training, according to a government report. The report points to a 19 per cent gap between what it costs...
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Non-poet versed in Dylan wows Oxford
Controversy was in the air at Oxford this week as the university looked set to appoint a non-poet famous for his writings on Bob Dylan as its next professor of poetry. Literary critic Christopher...
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Salary boost for medics
Doctors who choose to juggle an academic career alongside their clinical commitments will no longer lose out financially thanks to an increase in government funding. After months of negotiation, the...
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Next week
NIALL FERGUSON: why the US is the most powerful empire ever OLIVER POPPLEWELL argues that official apathy is ruining our prisons IAN WILMUT on why he's happy reproductive cloning is illegal in the UK
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Oxford admissions fear
Proposals from Steven Schwartz's task force on university admissions could lead to "coercive managerialism" that would undermine academic excellence by imposing uniformity, according to Anthony Smith...
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Capital investment
Universities and higher education colleges in London generate £800 billion of spending, or 1 per cent of the UK's gross domestic product, according to a report that summarises two studies by GLA...
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Welsh education chief
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has appointed Philip Gummett chief executive. Professor Gummett, former pro vice-chancellor of Manchester University, has been the HEFCW's acting chief...
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'Cash crisis' hits Wales
Further education college heads in Wales have warned that they are facing a financial crisis that could mean up to 800 full and part-time courses being closed and nearly 200 lecturers' jobs being...
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Ambassador attacked
Sir Ivor Roberts, Britain's ambassador to Italy, was pelted with eggs, fruit and stones by anti-war demonstrators as he entered Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in...
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IP debate on ice
The debate over changing the way Cambridge University and its academics exploit ideas commercially will rumble on for another week. A meeting of the Regent House - Cambridge's 3,000-strong governing...
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The ethics of George Bush: good, bad or irrelevant? 1
During his controversial presidency George W. Bush has faced a variety of issues that could be addressed from an ethical standpoint, from the environmental concerns of the Kyoto protocol to the...