Bank funds bursaries for Edinburgh students
Edinburgh University has won almost Pounds 250,000 from the Royal Bank of Scotland to help support entrants from state schools or colleges. The private-public partnership allows Edinburgh to offer 50...
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Artists start inaugural MRC residency
Artists Nicola Perry and Zarina Bhimji are spending a month as the first artists in residence at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research. The scheme is intended to...
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Collaboration leads to marine science degree
The Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory at Oban has strengthened its links with the University of the Highlands and Islands project and the Scottish Association for Marine Science by collaborating on the...
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Further education comes under review
Further education leaders have joined forces with lecturers' unions and an independent research company to conduct the sector's first national review of staffing and pay. The project, supported by...
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HK conglomerate funds cancer research unit
Cambridge University has accepted a Pounds 16.5 million donation from Hong Kong multinational conglomerate Hutchinson Whampoa. The money will be used to build a cancer research centre on the...
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Natfhe seeks peace talks with Derby
Leaders of lecturers' union Natfhe have called for an "away-day" meeting with Derby University managers in an effort to patch up relations damaged by fresh disputes over management style. Natfhe has...
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York scientists offer aurora email alert
Storm warnings from space will automatically be sent to anyone wanting to catch a glimpse of the northern lights, thanks to an initiative from physicists at the University of York. The scientists...
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Class assumptions wrong
A fifth of sixth-formers at independent schools have parents who are non-graduates and who were not educated privately. The findings come from an Independent Schools Information Service survey that...
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Radical plans to dispose of Hefce
Alan Thomson reports from the Lib Dem's conference in Bournemouth Access premiums for universities, free tuition and the effective abolition of the higher education funding council are just some of...
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UK should join in drilling of earth's crust
Scientists are pushing to ensure that the United Kingdom plays a prominent role in an international project to explore the ocean bed and possibly drill through the earth's crust for the first time....
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Job fears over unique merger
Lecturers at Birmingham and Aston universities could lose their employment protection rights if the two institutions go ahead with merger plans, union leaders warned this week. A decision by both...
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Old guard wants visitors to remain
Most universities want to keep their visitors despite concerns that the ancient complaints system will fall foul of new human rights legislation. A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and...
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Middlesex confused
Is someone being economical with the truth regarding the funding council's investigation into Middlesex University? While the Higher Education Funding Council is today due to report on its...
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Staff given a pat on the back by v-c
Senior figures at Middlesex University who were criticised by an employment tribunal for unfairly sacking a colleague have been hailed as "a credit to the university" by vice-chancellor Michael...
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Calls for body to accredit college teachers
Further education leaders are preparing the case for creating a professional body for lecturers similar to higher education's Institute of Learning and Teaching, writes Tony Tysome. The English...