Clock watchers
(Photograph) - Little Ben, baby brother of Big Ben and the landmark clock at City University, is having a Pounds 10,000 facelift after nearly 100 years. Estates manager Amanda Caspari, pictured with...
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Business link ideas attract over Pounds 6m
Six projects to link universities with business and the community each received more than Pounds 1 million this week. The money comes from the second round of the third leg of public funding - the...
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Students may scupper merger
New moves to merge Birmingham and Aston universities to create one of Britain's biggest institutions could founder on student opposition at Aston. The two universities have set up a joint strategy...
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Union ballots on redundancies
Lecturers' union leaders threatened possible legal action against the University of Central England this week as UCE managers turned down four appeals against compulsory redundancy, writes Tony...
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Natfhe leaders "furious" with the University of Derby
* Natfhe leaders said they were "furious" with the University of Derby over proposals to axe up to five academics' jobs in radiology at the university's Nottingham branch. The university has told the...
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US proves more appealing for science elite
The United States is more successful than the United Kingdom when it comes attracting top scientists. The Royal Society Census 2000 adds weight to the decision announced last week to set up a Pounds...
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Aberdeen team says drug study is 'valid'
Academics behind a controversial study of the performance-enhancing drug nandralone have defended their work in the face of a scathing attack by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, which...
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Survey reveals sailing secrets
Scotland's ship graveyards are set to yield their secrets to researchers from St Andrews University. The university's Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies will investigate six fragile sites around...
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Dependence on foreign fees poses threat to UK research
Overseas student fees are sustaining United Kingdom universities' research effort in several key fields, the UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs has warned. In some crucial areas, Ukcosa has told...
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MPs push for more cash to speed cure for cancer
Academic salaries need boosting and more long-term contracts are required to help support the national effort to tackle cancer, according to MPs. The House of Commons select committee on science and...
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QAA alerts Bournemouth to overseas provision 'oversight'
Quality chiefs are concerned about Bournemouth University's rapid expansion of collaborative provision, casting doubt over its ten-year business plan, writes Phil Baty. A Quality Assurance Agency...
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Moonlighters await green light
Cambridge University might allow top medical academics to moonlight in the private sector to prevent a potential brain drain. The university's general board wants to change the regulations and allow...
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Report finds FE businesswanting
Further education's second biggest subject area, business, is facing a recruitment crisis as facilities and staff training fall behind industry needs, inspectors have found. The number of full-time...
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Multiprofessional education in action
St George's and Kingston University From next month, 187 medical students, 35 biomedical science students, 40 physiotherapists, 40 diagnostic radiographers, 12 therapeutic radiographers and 30 nurses...
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Gagging could backfire
Universities are misrepresenting whistleblowing laws to try to discourage staff from speaking out to regulatory authorities or to the press, according to experts. They think the attempts will...