Current sources of research funding
This section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. BRITISH COUNCIL, FRANCE. www.britishcouncil.org/france/english/science/alliance.htm...
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Doubt cast on intellectual benefits of 'amorous encounters'
Tony Tysome reports on the Mozart effect and how music influences our moods and intelligence. Music may be the food of love, but the reasons why continue to elude scientists. A conference at the...
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Stay-home students lead the drop-outs
Full-time students who live at home and attend a local university are more likely to drop out than those who move away, say researchers at the universities of Cardiff and Lancaster. Bob McNabb of...
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Government concern over university drop-out rates
Government concern over university drop-out rates is highlighted by a study commissioned by the education department, writes Alan Thomson. The study, Student Non-completion in Higher Education, will...
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Luxury tower is scaled down for locals
Plans to turn a Sheffield brown-field site into a multi-million pound housing development for more than 1,000 students and private residents have been scaled down after locals complained the building...
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Staffordshire quality systems fail to satisfy quality watchdogs
Staffordshire University cannot be fully confident about the education provided in its name under overseas partnerships, quality watchdogs have warned in a report published this week. A Quality...
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Big-name merger looks set for Brum
There are few cities in Britain where the realities of today's economic forces are more starkly demonstrated than Birmingham. England's "second city" is in a state of rapid change and, for once,...
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Late rise in Scottish applicants after Cubie
Scottish educationists are hailing a new mood of optimism among prospective students following the abolition of tuition fees, demonstrated by today's announcement of a dramatic late rise in...
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Renovation goes awry at Aberdeen
Aberdeen University has made irreversible renovations to its historic 500 year-old chapel that academics fear will damage its unique medieval choir stalls. King's College Chapel celebrated the...
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Equal opportunities legislation likely to cover NI universities
Northern Ireland's two universities have stressed their commitment to equal opportunities despite uncertainty as to whether they will fall under new equality legislation in the province, writes Olga...
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Psychologist gets chair
Whistleblowing academic Andrew Colman has finally been awarded a professorship by Leicester University following THES reports on his long-running and acrimonious dispute with the university over its...
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Doctor wins LSE sex bias case
The London School of Economics was found guilty by an employment tribunal this week of sexual discrimination against a female lecturer. The tribunal found unanimously that Helen Mercer, a lecturer in...
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Part-time medic plan attracts interest
Plans to let students complete the first two years of a medical degree through part-time distance learning before entering the third year of medical school have taken a step forward, writes Alison...
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Sir John Pattison and Sir Brian Fender
The Department of Health and the Higher Education Funding Council for England have formed a strategic alliance on research and development for health and social care. Sir John Pattison, director of...
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AoC calls for review of output funding
Cash paid to colleges for students' exam results should be cut, or even scrapped, college leaders have recommended. They fear that output-based funding rewards colleges that recruit only those...