Sources of research funding
This section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk WEIZMANN WOMEN & SCIENCE AWARD www.weizmann-usa.org/wis01.htm Established in...
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Don's diary
Monday Perhaps this should be dogs' diary. It is midnight with a full moon shining through the canopy of a large forest tree on ranch land in Zimbabwe. Rhythmically, the signal from the collar of a...
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Research needs cash, says Triesman
Lecturers' leader David Triesman wants government to plough more into research amid fears that quality is being forgotten in the drive to widen university participation. Mr Triesman (above), general...
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Study launched on effect of devolution
The British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh are launching a joint study on the implications of devolution for the arts, humanities and social sciences in Scotland and the United Kingdom as...
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Over 50s to benefit in funding shake-up
Apprenticeships for the over-50s will be available as part of the post-16 planning and funding shake-up, the government announced this week. They will come under the remit of the new learning and...
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Disabled part-timers win allowances
Ministers have agreed to extend disabled students' allowances to include part-time students. From next autumn, disabled part-time university students will be entitled to the Disabled Students...
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Higher fees needed to stop UK brain drain
Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, the chancellor of Oxford University, has warned that differentiated undergraduate tuition fees are inevitable in the absence of increased government funding for universities...
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LSE sets up centre to examine life's risks
The London School of Economics launched an interdisciplinary centre for the analysis of risk and regulation yesterday. Carr, which will investigate issues of risk in all aspects of everyday life from...
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City departments fear the chop
City University is to increase investment in its strongest subjects, raising staff fears that weaker departments could be at risk. It will develop and invest in groups and projects where there is...
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Scientists give physics the thumbs down
Physics is losing some of its attraction for many of science's most brilliant minds. A poll of 130 of the world's leading physicists for the millennium issue of the magazine Physics World revealed 17...
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Financial assistance
New financial assistance has been made available to Chinese university students in eight major cities. Students apply for bank loans directly, which they must pay back within four years of graduating...
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Funders keep eye on Melton
College funding chiefs are appointing an official observer at Melton Mowbray College under tough anti-sleaze powers introduced earlier this year. This follows an inquiry into The THES's allegations...
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Jobs insecurity spreads
Higher education employees are twice as likely as bar staff and four times as likely as building site workers to be in temporary jobs. Only people working on campsites or for recruitment agencies...
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League plan to attract firms
Government officials are considering proposals for a university ranking system that would grade institutions on their success in forging links with industry. The system would complement the research...
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UCAS web 'a hit'
Universities spent less on advertising in clearing for the third year running this summer, while the use of the web took off, according to Riley Research's annual report on clearing. More than four...