Institute in bid to win university status
The London Institute is to make a formal bid to become the UK's first specialist arts university. A meeting of the board of governors this week agreed to put in an application in March, having...
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League tables should 'inform'
Universities should work with the media to produce league tables that inform, rather than mislead prospective higher education students, Universities UK president Roderick Floud said this week....
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Call for science to get on soapbox
The scientific community should attend party political conferences to put more forcefully the case for science, according to Ian Gibson, chairman of the House of Commons science and technology select...
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Fat phobias harm Zulu women
Northumbria University is developing a programme for students at the University of Zululand to educate them about the dangers of faddy dieting, laxative abuse and diet pills. Julie Seed, a...
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QAA rejects Bradford College appeal
Bradford College has abandoned its protest about receiving the worst-ever teaching quality inspection grades. The Quality Assurance Agency proceeded with the publication of its report on education...
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Testing counters errors in grading
Southampton University has tested first-year language students who studied under the new AS/A-level regime to be sure of their abilities. Clare Mar-Molinero, head of modern languages, said the week-...
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Analysis: UK's spin-offs reap £3 billion reward
A new survey compares the commercial performance of UK institutions with their north American counterparts. Caroline Davis reports UK universities have a portfolio of spin-off companies worth almost...
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Whistleblowers: Ethics body throws out North Staffs research
The research ethics watchdog has criticised the poor standard of students' research proposals from universities in the North Staffordshire area, almost six months after The THES reported that...
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Whistleblowers: Cambridge critic loses chance of promotion
Cambridge University has sent a bill for £124,000 to campaigning history lecturer Gill Evans, after she failed to persuade the High Court to undertake a judicial review of the ancient university's...
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Art colleges form lobby to boost profile
Nineteen art and design colleges joined forces this week to form an association to promote themselves at home and abroad. The United Kingdom Arts and Design Institutions Association was launched on...
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Findings: Science sheds light on dark
"Dark light" that has lurked unnoticed by science has been glimpsed by physicists for the first time, writes Steve Farrar. A computer simulation has revealed intricate shifting patterns of faint...
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Findings: Diesel damage linked to soot
Diesel engines may contribute more to global warming than petrol-driven engines, a new study has suggested, writes Steve Farrar. The finding suggests that green motoring regulations drawn up to...
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E-project may alter nature of theses
Robert Gordon University is heading a project to develop a national strategy for "e-theses". Susan Copeland, RGU's senior librarian and project manager, said: "We are interested in how this could...
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Blue-skies plan wins EU backing
Leading figures in science have given broad backing to proposals to create a transcontinental European Research Council. A majority of delegates at a meeting in Copenhagen this month agreed that such...
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Zimbabwe staff strike over 135% pay claim
An estimated 900 lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe are on strike, demanding a 135 per cent pay rise and a review of their salaries as hyperinflation and a shrinking economy make savage inroads...