Scientists will test BSE mutation theory
The origins of the BSE epidemic that devastated the UK beef industry could be revealed in a new series of tests that raise the prospect of the complete eradication of mad cow disease from the British...
Search
-
-
Students gear up for Coca-Cola boycott
Coca-Cola's multimillion-pound domination of UK university bars and cafeterias is threatened by a student-led campaign for a boycott of its soft drinks amid concerns over deaths and harassment of...
-
Historians battle over Nelson's reputation
A new battle of Trafalgar has been started by naval historians seeking to defend the honour of Horatio Nelson before the bicentenary of his finest hour. A host of biographical projects has been...
-
Lambert offers cash for code
A multimillion-pound sweetener should be paid to universities to boost links with business, but only if institutions accept a new code for good management, a review for the Treasury will recommend...
-
In the news: Dinah Warnock
When Southampton University told Dinah Warnock that she was too old to work for the institution, age discrimination was shown to be flourishing within academe. The government might be looking to...
-
Appointments
Andrew Evans , professor of transport safety at the University of London, has been appointed to the Lloyd's Register chair in transport risk management at Imperial College London. Derick Wilson ,...
-
Grants may be key to success
A package of New Year concessions on the higher education bill could see student maintenance grants raised but the government promised no retreat on variable charges this week. Publication of the...
-
Nottingham strike threat over job scale
Academics at Nottingham University are threatening industrial action over the introduction of a job evaluation scheme imported from the private sector that has left at least one member of staff...
-
Laureate backs pop science
Academics who popularise science on television should be congratulated and not attacked, Nobel laureate John Sulston said last week, writes Anna Fazackerley. Professor Sulston, who published the...
-
May doubts research link
Royal Society president Robert May this week questioned universities' pious insistence that research was a prerequisite of good teaching. Delivering the Royal Society anniversary address on Monday,...
-
Next week
Judgement day How do you measure up? Find out in this year's performance indicators ALSO Tom Palaima on why wars start Civil liberties at risk : review of Ene my Aliens: Double Standards and...
-
QAA 'must guard integrity' if university rules relaxed
Quality watchdogs must guard the intellectual integrity of colleges seeking to become universities under new government proposals, a think-tank has warned. Bahram Bekhradnia, director of the Higher...
-
'Sad' image under attack
University prospectuses are badly designed and contain "amazingly cheesy and sad images" that risk putting off applicants, a leading British designer has warned. Wayne Hemingway, founder of the Red...
-
Students left at mercy of landlords in housing bill
Nearly 900,000 students will be excluded from government plans to "protect the most vulnerable" in the new housing bill, leaving them exposed to rogue landlords and unsafe housing, according to the...
-
Aston merger talks fire up AUT
Union leaders have urged Aston University managers and staff to be cautious about proposals for a merger with the University of Central England. In a letter to Aston vice-chancellor Michael Wright,...