Brit in US signed in 'Beckham scheme'
A British-born scientist is one of three researchers to be brought from the United States to Britain under the Royal Society's "David Beckhams of Science" scheme. The Royal Society unveiled the 13...
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London merger: decision time
London Guildhall University governors face a crunch decision on Tuesday over whether to merge with the University of North London. They have to consider a new business plan that was prepared to...
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Working students focus on marks
Students are narrowing the focus of their studies to what will win them marks because they are having to work their way through university, a national conference on assessment heard in Birmingham...
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College flower pot is a Corinthian rarity
A rare and valuable Corinthian marble well-head, used as a flower pot in a college garden for nearly 200 years, is to be sold by Christies auctioneers. The well-head, or puteal, is to be sold along...
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Wellcome backs research code
Mike Dexter, director of the Wellcome Trust, has called on the government to introduce universally acceptable guidelines for research and investigation of misconduct, writes Caroline Davis. He said...
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Whistleblowers: THES forces inquiry into scholar's ejection
The High Court has given the go-ahead to an inquiry into the forced ejection of an international scholar at Oxford University, which was set up by the university in response to an investigation by...
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Whistleblowers: Disabled student paid settlement by UCLan
A blind student with one leg has been given an out-of-court payment to settle his claims of disability discrimination against the University of Central Lancashire. The university has admitted that it...
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Science split over DTI plan
The science community has given a cool welcome to plans for a government directorate dedicated to technology transfer. But it is split over the decision to leave the Office of Science and Technology...
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Loan system running costs soar fourfold
Running costs at the Student Loans Company are nearly four times what they were when the scheme started. In the academic year 1999-2000 - the most recent for which figures are available - running...
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Leukaemia vaccine on cards
An effective leukaemia vaccine could be available within a few years following a breakthrough by scientists at Nottingham Trent University. Robert Rees, Colin Creaser and Philip Bonner, of the...
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AoC fears school pay will lure staff
Further education college chiefs and union leaders have warned that government plans to draft further education lecturers into schools will drain colleges of their most valuable teachers. Estelle...
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Lecturers' pension proposal could encourage new blood
Proposed improvements to the lecturers' pension scheme could stave off the looming recruitment and retention crisis, the Association of University Teachers believes. Trustees of the Universities...
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Trusting Scots cut bureaucracy
The quality wars could be over north of the border, with broad backing for a Scottish system that it is claimed will be much less burdensome than England's quality assurance scheme. The Scottish...
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South is too pricey to be homely
Single lecturers who aspire to an average standard of housing will be able to achieve it only if they work at northern or Welsh universities, figures reveal. Statistics from the Labour Research...
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UK quality assurance plan is delayed
The new quality-assurance regime, due to be introduced next September, is likely to be delayed, writes Phil Baty. Peter Williams, acting chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, said: "It is...