Crisis costs zoos £1.5m
The foot-and-mouth epidemic has cost the United Kingdom's three zoos with close university affiliations more than £1.5 million. Research activities at Bristol Zoo Gardens may be hit by a £200,000...
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Toronto pulls job offer from Prozac critic
The University of Toronto has retracted a job offer to a British researcher who publicly suggested that Prozac could lead to suicide. Prozac manufacturer Eli Lilly is among the pharmaceuticals...
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Scots Parliament looks at changes to funding
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's controversial funding reviews are to be investigated by the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee. Shefc is looking at...
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Irving to debate free speech at Oxford Union
Oxford Union is standing by its decision to invite David Irving, the Holocaust denier, to address students in a debate on May 10. He will oppose the motion, "this house would restrict free speech of...
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Call for better student careers guidance
Students must be given more effective careers advice, the Association of Graduate Recruiters and the Association of Graduate Career Advisory Services warned this week. "There are worrying signs that...
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Scientists wooed to UK genome database
The Wellcome Trust is spending £150,000 on its first advertising campaign to encourage scientists to use the United Kingdom-based free human genome database Ensembl. The initiative has the backing of...
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Europe leads US in climate modelling
Climate-modelling research in the United Kingdom and Germany is outpacing the United States, a senior American academic has warned. Edward Sarachik, an atmospheric sciences professor at the...
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V-cs call for changes to export control bill
Vice-chancellors fear that a draft export control bill will hamper cutting-edge research in universities and constrain academic freedom. Universities UK is calling for exemptions for universities and...
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Medical schools favour fewer health bodies
Government plans to cut the number of health authorities from 99 to 30 were welcomed this week by heads of medical schools and nursing departments. Some medical schools, such as Manchester, have to...
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Police make city safer for students
Sheffield police are spending £500,000 making life safer for the city's students with Operation Student Land. Areas of Sheffield with a high student population, such as Crookes and Broomhill, will be...
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Cardiff finds space for Star Trek captain
Cardiff University is to boldly award an honorary fellowship to actor Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean Picard in Star Trek , in July. Also honoured will be Cardiff's Tiger Bay diva, Shirley Bassey, and...
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£18 million spend on social science building
City University, London, is to continue its multimillion-pound development plans with a social science building. The £18 million facility will be built on the site of the chemistry building on St...
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Courses for jobs in demand
Vocational enrolments in Scotland's 47 further education colleges rose by 6 per cent between 1998-99 and 1999-2000, according to the Scottish Further Education Funding Council. Non-vocational...
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Academics fear disabled status
Many academics are too afraid of discrimination to report their disabilities to employers, the Association of University Teachers said this week, writes Phil Baty. Figures from the Higher Education...
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Protest and a tube strike threaten final exams
Thousands of students sitting finals will have to contend with chaos when they try to reach their exam rooms in London next week. The capital's universities are set for disruptions due to May Day...