The leaders
It should hardly be surprising that a new university - the University of East London - comes out near the top of the league in appointing women professors. This is one area where new universities...
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The time of our lives
With academics' attention span shrinkingdaily, how can a long-term perspectivebe restored? With a 10,000-year libraryand a clock that ticks once a year,bongs once a century and has acuckoo that comes...
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The library
What on earth would something aspiring to be a 10,000-year library be good for? One answer might be that it would provide, and even embody, the long view of things, where responsibility is said to...
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9.2% of professors are women
... But that still means that 90.8 per cent are men. So are universities discriminating against women? Helen Hague reports on statistics published today BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING: FORTY WOMEN WHOSE...
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Why eating these won't give you CJD
BSE is not caused by prions but by a common bug, and so does not lead to CJD in humans, claim Alan Ebringer and John Pirt. If they are right, the government has wasted Pounds 3 billion and destroyed...
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We need to distinguish sectors
THE FE VIEW Further education college leaders may be fully behind government plans to pour the lion's share of higher education expansion funding into further education, but they are still wary of...
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Principals give plans one cheer
Scops' response to QAA While SCOP welcomes clarification of criteria for titles by the QAA, it does not support the approach that "seeks to rationalise the HE sector and differentiate between...
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'Restrictive regime' opposed
THE HE VIEW The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals was unusually direct in its criticism of the Quality Assurance Agency when it responded to the QAA's plans for degree-awarding powers and...
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Scientific advisory committees
* The committee recommended that the government reject proposals to bar employees of biotech or food companies from serving on scientific advisory committees. Royal Society, page 20
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Bett: the proposals
This is a summary of recommendations in the draft report from the Bett committee on pay and conditions in higher education. The final report is expected next month. Information * It is essential that...
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Bett backs 20% rise - for a few
Minimum pay levels for some grades of academic staff should soar in real terms by up to 20 per cent over the next three years, the Bett report will recommend. The report, due to be published next...
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AUT aims for campus chaos on Tuesday
Pickets and rallies will disrupt universities across the UK on Tuesday as members of the Association of University Teachers walk out over pay, writes Harriet Swain. Speakers from higher education...
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New universities veto JIF
* New universities appear to have steered clear of the government's new joint infrastructure fund to replace out-of-date and run-down university research equipment and infrastructure. Just 5 per cent...
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Billionaire gives grant to British Museum
* Reclusive billionaire Gary Weston (pictured) this week announced a Pounds 10 million grant to the British Museum, bringing his total gifts to over Pounds 20 million, It is the largest ever donation...
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Money for fellowships in the creative arts
* The Arts and Humanities Research Board has launched a fellowship in the creative and performing arts to expand research. It will contribute Pounds 15,000 a year for three years towards the cost of...