New mine of info
A national centre for text mining, which will allow academics to extract facts and insights from the burgeoning volume of journal articles, is to be set up in the UK. The £1 million initiative,...
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Canadians get invite
Keith O'Brien, Scotland's Roman Catholic cardinal, has urged Canadian students to "seriously consider" coming to live in Scotland, reversing more than two centuries of emigration from the old country...
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Explorer show opens
The granddaughter of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton opened an exhibition at Cambridge University this week of "hidden" documents and artefacts relating to his Antarctic journeys. The Honourable...
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Scots set up think-tank
The University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute is setting up a think-tank to give the region a stronger voice with which to influence government policy both in Westminster and...
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£33K debt forecast
Graduates could leave university owing as much as £33,708 by 2010 if the trend of rising student debt continues, a high-street bank claimed this week. Figures published by Barclays suggest that...
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Plea to invest in stopping dropouts
Universities should invest some of their extra income from tuition fees in measures to ensure that fewer students drop out of degree courses, vice-chancellors will be advised next week. A senior...
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Lords want weaker Offa
Conservative peers moved to "draw the teeth" of the planned university access regulator, Offa, ahead of the higher education bill's House of Lords committee stage next week. Tory frontbench peer Lord...
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English fee refugees pose threat to Scots
More English students will take places at Scottish universities this year, raising fears that top-up fees in England will restrict access for local students north of the border. The latest student...
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Scholars meet in Lancs room to ogle Venus
Astronomers and historians will open a window on a past triumph of science when they gather in a Lancashire manor house to witness the transit of Venus. People around the world will try to catch a...
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Union to ballot on staff cuts
Northumbria University this week announced plans to cut 58 teaching posts in a move that has left staff reeling, according to union officials. Lecturers' union Natfhe announced its intention to...
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Scots fearful of new divide
Scottish higher education principals have accused the Scottish Executive of reinstating the binary divide in its proposals to merge the further and higher education funding councils. And Universities...
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Robot team shifts into spider or snake on cue from 'hormone'
A swarm of autonomous robots that can link together to slither, crawl and even roll around obstacles has been created by scientists in a project part funded by the US Department of Defense. The...
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Cash crisis warning for Wales
Higher education in Wales is heading for a financial crisis unless it gets a significant cash injection, Welsh universities have warned. Figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales...
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University of Arts has an instant imitator
The launch this week of Britain's first university of the arts was followed immediately by proposals for another, as Kent Institute of Art and Design and the Surrey Institute of Art and Design...
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College comes under QAA fire
Quality watchdogs have "limited confidence" in the control of degree standards and course quality at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. In an audit report published last week, the...