Heart-throb set to get medics' pulses racing
Harvey is a tall, dark heart-throb who will soon be enrolled at every medical school in the country. The British Heart Foundation is investing £1 million in a nationwide project giving medical...
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UK graduates earn highest rate of return
British graduates earn a better rate of return on their degree studies than counterparts in any comparable country, according to a study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development....
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Spin-off funding spells danger
Plans to part-fund universities via their commercial activities could have "grave consequences" for society, according to the elite Russell Group of institutions. The Higher Education Funding Council...
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Gene banks struggle to protect agricultural heritage
The future of the world's gene banks, set up as safe havens for humankind's agricultural heritage, is in jeopardy. Research by scientists from Imperial College, Wye, found that many of the crop...
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Highlands woo foreigners to realise university dream
Overseas students must be targeted and educational tourism promoted if progress is to be made towards a fully fledged University of the Highlands and Islands, according to a new strategic plan. The...
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Unready at risk as disability law bites
Many universities are "woefully unprepared" for new disability rights laws and risk prosecution, lecturers' leaders and disability groups have claimed. From next week, all education providers must...
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RS set to probe genetic patents
Gene patenting and academic intellectual property rights will be probed by a group of senior scientists and patent experts in a Royal Society investigation, writes Steve Farrar. The working group has...
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'Living fossil' fish faces extinction
They have survived for 400 million years and have been dubbed "living fossils". But a leading scientist has warned that the coelacanth may succumb to extinction because of human interference unless...
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Bangor relives Beatlemania
Beatlemania has returned to Bangor University 35 years after a visit from the "Fab Four". Previously unseen film footage of the Beatles arriving in Bangor by train in 1967 was screened at the...
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OU degree returned in anger
An Open University graduate has handed back his degree certificates in protest after he failed to get chartered engineer status. Chris Addis finished his honours degree before realising that the...
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Welsh bac idea sparks interest
Plans to introduce a Welsh baccalaureate in secondary schools and colleges in Wales next year have attracted the interest of Whitehall, writes Tony Tysome. According to Jane Davidson, the Welsh...
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Lecturers pay for ILT delays
Aspiring members of the Institute for Learning and Teaching are having applications returned with a request for an extra £10 and more information despite beating the deadline before the introduction...
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Findings: Winning ways of the weasel
Weasels might not seem the ideal creature to have as a pet but the Romans may have preferred them to cats, writes Steve Farrar. Bones excavated from the city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by the...
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Analysis: When the dons awake...
Cambridge's ancient system of governance is ripe for change, but its academics fear their influence will be eroded by administrators and the governing council. Phil Baty listens to the rumblings of...
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Students sue as MBA fees increase fourfold
Ten MBA students are suing their university after it quadrupled tuition fees three months after they were accepted on the programme. They argue that the University of British Columbia should not...