'Slap in the face' for Scots college staff
The Scottish Executive's failure to give further education "adequate" funding is threatening its own plans to boost lifelong learning, according to the Educational Institute of Scotland. The Scottish...
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London students push for greater weighting
University of London students last week pressed education minister Margaret Hodge to recognise the high cost of living in London as part of the student finance review. Four sabbatical officers wrote...
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Proposal for public debate on GM crops
The Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission has published proposals for a public debate on the possible commercialisation of genetically modified crops in the UK. The body, which advises...
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WUN begins its first exchange programme
The World Universities Network has begun its first exchange programme, with 50 young researchers from UK and US universities crossing the Atlantic. These initial exchanges will last several months...
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Imperial investigated over use of toxin
The Health and Safety Executive plans to investigate Imperial College, London, over the use of a biological toxin in its research laboratories. Under health and safety rules, the college must inform...
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Graduates call for end to retirement age
Compulsory retirement ages should be scrapped and employees be able to choose when to retire, according to a survey published this week by the Association of Graduate Recruiters and the Employers...
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Robot that won't bottle out of a boozy task
Life has just got even easier for the gadget-loving couch potato. Engineers at Florida University have developed a robot that can open bottles of beer and set them on a coffee table within easy reach...
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Shellshock for turtle saviours
Conservationists are urging the government to oppose plans to hunt an endangered species of marine turtle for its carapace. International trade in tortoiseshell, taken from the hawksbill turtle, has...
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MPs disturbed by 'serious failings' of ILA debacle
MPs have said they are disturbed by the "serious failings" of government officials in setting up and running the ill-fated Individual Learning Account scheme that collapsed amid fraud allegations...
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Hefce may axe postcode cash
Only a quarter of universities would get extra cash to widen participation under plans being developed by English funding chiefs. The idea is to provide outreach funding to all, but to concentrate...
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News in brief
Union report shows Oxford inequalities Students from poorer Oxford colleges suffer academically compared with students at richer colleges, according to the Oxford University Student Union. They lose...
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British-led networks reach for nanotechnology's blue skies
Two British-led networks of scientists are bidding for millions of pounds of European funding to drive forward blue-skies research into nanotechnology. The aim is to spawn collaborative projects by...
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Huddersfield loses sex bias case
Huddersfield University sexually discriminated against lecturer Penelope Wolff when she was rejected for promotion by an all-male panel of deans who used a selection system that "lacked any rationale...
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Medics face untimely jobs axe
London medical schools are set to axe jobs despite government plans for the biggest single expansion in student doctor numbers in a generation. Guy's, King's and St Thomas's medical school, one of...
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Newby: 'libraries are key to targets'
Libraries and their ability to supply learning and teaching resources in unconventional settings will be vital for universities to meet expansion targets, according to Sir Howard Newby, chief...