Science journal deal for library
British Library readers will now have instant access to more than 1,000 Elsevier Science journals. The two organisations have signed a three-year contract allowing readers at St Pancras, and more...
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Whistleblowers: LSE settles in freedom vs contract funding row
The London School of Economics has agreed an out-of-court settlement with a former researcher after a row over his academic freedom and the commercialisation of university research. On the eve of a...
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Defra seeks to glean science ideas
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is asking the scientific community for ideas about what it should be researching. Lord Whitty, Defra science minister, launched the department's...
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Excluded bodies in copying protest
A second wave of complaints about photocopying licensing hit the Copyright Licensing Agency as it delivered its new agreement for higher education this week. Independent organisations not represented...
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Old values edged out as elitism displaced
Universities may be failing to teach social values in the face of a rapidly changing higher education system and economy, vice-chancellors have warned. Speakers at next week's Church of England...
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Scots top poll
Scottish graduates are earning more than their English and Welsh counterparts and are more likely to be in jobs they are trained for, a Warwick University study has revealed. Peter Elias and Kate...
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UK woos able migrants
The British government's attitude towards immigrants, especially those with badly needed skills, has undergone major changes in recent years, according to a report, International Mobility of the...
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Finance assumes a friendly manner
Robert Gordon University has revamped its finance and procurement directorate with the help of business advisers Deloitte & Touche in a bid to make it more user friendly to academics. The...
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Do not feed the dragons
Moves to stop goats being fed to wild komodo dragons for the entertainment of tourists have caused hardship to local people. Research by Matthew Walpole, a research associate at the Durrell Institute...
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Lemurs set for space work
In 1961, a chimpanzee called Enos was the first primate to orbit the earth. Some 40 years later, a team of scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology is...
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Nervy UK waits for VAT ruling
A case being investigated by the European Court of Justice could have crippling effects on British science. The advocate general, an officer of the court, has challenged Germany's value-added tax...
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Students will improve your health, firms told
Sun Microsystems, a leading provider of systems to power the internet, has urged industry to forge stronger partnerships with higher education, writes Olga Wojtas. Hugh Aitken, vice-president of Sun...
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Czechs split over tuition fees
The Czech government has criticised legislation brought before the country's parliament that is designed to introduce university tuition fees of about 16,000 koruna (£300) a year. Education minister...
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German system 'outdated'
While 80 per cent of German students have chosen to leave home and live in digs or student accommodation, most still apply to their home town university as their first study choice, according to a...
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Call for Irish teamwork
Ireland's seven universities have been told that they need to re-position themselves as a strong system and not just a collection of separate institutions. They have also been warned that the...