Isolation hampers science market
* Poor communication is preventing university researchers from commercially exploiting their work, according to the pressure group Save British Science. "We recommend that universities should gear...
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Blair backs enterprise revolution
(Photograph) - * Britain needs to encourage its entrepreneurs to get ahead in the knowledge-based economy, prime minister Tony Blair (below) told the British Venture Capital Association Conference...
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BMA rejects ban on hepatitis carriers
* Prospective medical students carrying hepatitis B should not be banned from entering medical school, the British Medical Association agreed at its annual conference in Belfast this week. The BMA...
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V-cs reject licensing for student residences
* Vice-chancellors rejected proposals to license student houses for multi-occupation on the grounds of the "unnecessary costs" to the sector and students. The move comes as a response to a Department...
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Dutch minister talks of common standards
* Europe needs a common higher education quality framework to compete internationally, Dutch education minister Loek Hermans said at the fourth University of Westminster International Education...
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Graduation greetings from the bank
* The 2,000 Dundee University students graduating this week and next are having their ceremonies and garden parties sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland. Dundee believes the deal is the first such...
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Scots get a share of US nurse training market
* Scottish Knowledge, which exports education expertise, has forged a partnership with Dundee University that opens the door to a Pounds 3.18 billion market in the United States. Dundee's centre for...
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Sainsbury checks aspiring university
* Science minister Lord Sainsbury this week visited Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh to look at research projects that the college hopes will help its bid for the full university title...
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Teaching agency puts recruitment first
* The Teacher Training Agency has made recruitment and quality its priorities this coming year. The TTA's corporate plan, published this week, includes three core aims: boosting recruitment; raising...
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University accounts face radical reform
* Research-intensive universities will have give a breakdown of spending to account for the money they receive under plans published this week by the Higher Education Funding Council for England....
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Lloyds TSB banks on being the biggest
Lloyds TSB bank launched its corporate university this week. With 77,000 potential students, the bank claims the University for Lloyds TSB is "likely to be the largest corporate university in Europe...
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Israel delays Derby licence
Derby University has been denied a licence to award degrees in Israel. It has to wait for the Israeli regulatory authority, the Council for Higher Education, to be satisfied that the university's...
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Snobby Britannia gets Pounds 5m revamp
The British Council will spend Pounds 5 million on changing the elitist image of British education overseas. It has awarded a three-year contract to create a single umbrella brand for British...
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The University of Exeter
(Photograph) - The University of Exeter has launched a part-time theological degree in Cornwall to cater for demand produced by the ordination of women. The picture shows Rev Christine Jago, one of...
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Living on borrowed time
In part one of a six-week series, students share their views on course fees, student loans and the pressures of dealing with debt. Alan Thomson reports Earlier this year, more than 30 university...