Postgrad funding reforms mooted
New ways to fund postgraduate studentships are being considered in an attempt to win more money for science in the next spending review. At present, the number of postgraduate places and the stipends...
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Student debt
Student debt is deterring final-year undergraduates from pursuing postgraduate qualifications, according to a study published by the Office of Science and Technology. The study found that "a...
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Payment stoppages pose legal problems
Ministers' clampdown on salary payments to suspended college managers will create a legal minefield, the Association of Colleges has warned. Following a string of scandals in which suspended college...
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Police training scheme under fire from both sides
Politicians from both sides have criticised the University of Ulster for deciding to validate part of a new training programme for police recruits. The future of policing is at the centre of...
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An unloaded chamber
The Lords have furthered the cause of higher education in the past. Alan Thomson asks whether a diminished upper housecan help in future. The histories of universities and the House of Lords are...
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Global trade threat
Philip Fine reports on an Ottawa union conference on commercialisation A formidable global body could soon have the authority to dictate free enterprise policies to universities, economist Marjorie...
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Test visual IQ online
Internet novices and student web developers can measure their visual skills at a new online "design IQ" centre. The test assesses visual and design acumen with 25 questions designed to be fun as well...
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Oz inquiry into campus waste
Some of Australia's leading universities are being investigated for possible waste of resources arising from academics undertaking outside paid work, writes Julia Hinde. The Audit Office of New South...
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The THES Diary
It's not my party Alan Johns, president of university and college lecturers' union Natfhe, was all charm at a recent Natfhe parliamentary reception when he particularly singled out the Liberal...
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Cutting edge
The plight of boxer Michael Watson has highlighted the need for professional sports to monitor injury frequency and treatment. Euro 2000 qualifier: the predicted outcome is Scotland 5 - England 4. It...
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Pounds 11 million for Oxon spin-offs
Oxford colleges have created a fund to finance home-grown innovations. Kam Patel reports A good sign: research at Opsys Oxford University last week made a concerted effort to boost its links with...
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Natfhe to accept employers' revised pay offer
Natfhe has agreed to accept the employers' revised pay offer, which involves setting up working groups on sex discrimination and casualisation with an agreed timetable for action.
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Don's Diary
Thursday An orderly week ahead. Drive to Cambridge to examine a doctorate and then scout tour-sites for next week's "Robin Hood" conference in Nottingham. Friday Disorder looms. According to...
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Ministers accused of cover-up
The government was this week accused of suppressing a survey it commissioned that threatened to wreck its plans to scrap student maintenance grants and introduce undergraduate tuition fees. Liberal...
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Wellcome talks of home for X-ray source
The Wellcome Trust's board of governors met on Wednesday to discuss the siting of the United Kingdom's Pounds 200 million X-ray source for biomedical and physical sciences research. The trust, which...