Scots bid to boost contract security
The Scottish Parliament has called for action to give contract researchers improved status and greater job security. A debate on the plight of contract researchers had to be extended beyond its...
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The Initiative Index
The Excellence Challenge On September 14 2000 the education secretary launched the Excellence Challenge. It is a three-year programme that will spend over £190 million to increase the number of young...
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Whistleblowers: 'Ghostwriter' unfazed
A former university lecturer who sells essays and dissertations to university students over the internet is undeterred by the outcry that followed The THES 's report on her activities. The THES first...
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Analysis: How to ignite bright sparks
The government's Excellence Challenge encourages universities to work with schools to raise the aspirations of disadvantaged bright young pupils. Is it working? asks Claire Sanders. The £190 million...
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In pursuit of excellence
University of the West of England, Bristol Only 13.7 per cent of 18 to 19-year-olds in Bristol go on to university, compared with 20.4 per cent in England as a whole. It is a city where some of the...
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Students accused of turning neighbourhood into a 'slum'
Houses in one of the most popular areas of Leeds are being reduced to 19th-century slums, according to heritage watchdogs, writes Alison Utley. Leeds Civic Trust claims that student overcrowding in...
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Ulster study reveals a growing spirit of tolerance
Marriages between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland are becoming more acceptable and popular, Ulster University researchers have found. Gillian Robinson of UU's School of Policy Studies...
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Project seeks to cut risky business
Seeking new customers and offering them new products has become the Holy Grail for managers in higher education, but the policy can expose institutions to unforeseen risks. A three-year project...
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Minds for markets will gain rewards
Glasgow Caledonian University is encouraging all its staff to be more commercially minded by offering them a broad range of practical rewards and incentives. GCU, a new university, lacks the...
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News in brief
Ottawa Canada's newly tabled anti-terrorist bill could open the door to greater police surveillance of universities, says the Canadian Association of University Professors. The broad definition of...
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Englishman finds lure of Lille seductive
"Wanted: one English-speaking academic, who fancies brushing up on his French and is looking to relocate to France's largest private university in Lille." This was the lure that a year ago persuaded...
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Identikit candidate for a global job
A survey of university recruitment has produced an Identikit profile of the strongly internationalised professor. S/he is young (between 30 and 35 years old), a professor of management or engineering...
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Academe urged to think in yen
During the boom years, the Japanese government never minded that the huge subsidies paid into university research and development produced little that was commercially exploitable. But with a decade-...
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UK spots potential market in Vietnam
A record number of British universities, attracted by the increasing number of Vietnamese who study overseas, has taken part in the second annual Education UK Exhibition in Vietnam. Over 30...
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Viennese raise fees and smiles
Austrian cabaret artists are putting a smile on the faces of students who are down in the mouth over tuition fees by helping some to raise the cash. From this term, students at Austrian universities...