Imperial goes to school
Three schools that achieved specialist science school status this week will join Imperial College London's scheme for postdoctoral students to teach pupils part time. St Gregory's School in Kenton,...
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McDegree ready to go
Why shouldn't McDonald's award degrees? James Tooley challenges the universities' monopoly Screaming Lord Sutch, the late lamented leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party who stood in 40 elections...
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Add Socrates to science park
Humanities departments have much to offer business, say Maurice Biriotti and Henrietta Moore The government wants a new deal between business and the academy. The Lambert review, it is hoped, will...
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UK to join online scholars' archive
Cambridge University is to create an extensive online archive, whose content and structure will be freely available to any institution that wants to copy it. Academics will be encouraged to deposit...
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Oxford calls for donation overhaul
Oxford University fundraisers want the government's matching endowment fund, announced in last month's white paper, to reward alumni participation rates rather than cash raised. "Universities which...
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Cash-starved EU 'risks relegation'
The "worsening underfunding" of European universities threatens to relegate them to second-division status, the European Commission has warned. Without better financial support, Europe's higher...
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Women set up old-girl network
Female scientists are often held back in their careers because they do not have inside information about forthcoming research projects, according to the creators of a website that aims to help them,...
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Outsider runs on anti-NUS platform
A postgraduate whose website has become a popular forum for attacks on the "impotence" of the National Union of Students is one of seven candidates battling it out to be the next NUS president. Joe...
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Vice-chancellor's move to cut 90 jobs ruled illegal
The Privy Council has declared that moves to make staff redundant at Hull University were illegal. The local branch of the Association of University Teachers said that the university broke its own...
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Huddersfield's merger dream dies
Huddersfield University's dream of creating a new university 40 miles away in South Yorkshire collapsed this week, writes Alison Utley. The university had proposed a merger with Doncaster College as...
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Ex-polys hit as elite mops up
Students are steering clear of some new universities and turning their backs on diploma courses, according to figures compiled by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Civic universities...
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Appointments
Michael Goldstein , vice-chancellor of Coventry University, is to retire in August next year. Neil Gorman , former global director of science and technology for Masterfoods Europe, has been appointed...
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'Mickey Mouse' row revived
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge this week angered students and university staff by implying that the reason universities have high drop-out rates is that they run "Mickey Mouse" courses. Ms...
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In the news: Albie Sachs
Albie Sachs, the South African judge who refused the English cricketers' initial appeal to have their world cup match moved from Zimbabwe, is no stranger to terror. The long-time member of the...
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Whistleblowers: Postgraduate to take race case to the Lords
An Asian postgraduate excluded from Oxford University after failing a "flawed" exam in which he was treated less favourably than a white colleague is to take his allegations of racism to the House of...