Business is fun for Scottish universities
Scotland's universities will create nearly 300 new spin-out companies over ten years, exceeding the 150 target set by Technology Ventures in 1996, according to the second Technology Ventures annual...
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Joined-up Scots start work
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council is born today, sharing premises, staff and some members with the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. And one office will be shared by Chris...
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It's only natural for computers to network
The National Union of Students has written to the chief executive of the Student Loans Company, Colin Ward, demanding improved administration of loan applications. NUS president Andrew Pakes claims...
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Keele defends sale of maths collection
Keele University has defended its decision to sell a collection of old and rare manuscripts considered by mathematicians to be a significant national resource. The university came under fire for...
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RAE discourages legal teamwork
Nearly half of all law lecturers believe the research assessment exercise discourages teamwork and departmental cohesiveness, according to a national survey by Stirling University. Doug Vick, of...
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Best value for A levels
Sixth-form colleges are more efficient and cost-effective than further education colleges in turning out students with at least three A levels, a government study has found. Figures for 1996-97 show...
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Concerned father
(Photograph) - Concerned father: a Roman Catholic priest has condemned safe sex packs, called `shag bags', distributed to students at Portsmouth University. Father John O'Shea, from St Coleman's RC...
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Theft of rare library books means public will suffer
Public access to rare collections held by Durham University is in jeopardy following the theft before Christmas of a number of valuable books and manuscripts. Thieves got away with seven titles...
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RAE shake-up is needed before teachers improve
The worst lecturers in higher education will ignore moves to improve their teaching skills unless there are significant changes in the research culture. This is the conclusion of the five-strong...
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Cambridge nets Pounds 100m in research income
Cambridge University has become only the second university to break the Pounds 100 million barrier for research income - three years after Oxford. Research grants and contracts continue to be the...
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Threat to science student numbers
Physics and chemistry departments are under threat even though the number and quality of science students remains high, an Association of University Teachers' report reveals. The interim report, by...
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Crisis in arts teaching poses long-term threat, says RSA
The recruitment and training of art teachers is in crisis and threatens to damage severely the long-term health of the arts in education, says a study by the Royal Society of Arts. Based on...
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Online libraries require Pounds 530m
It would cost Pounds 530 million to create a national digital network linking all public libraries to the information superhighway, a Library and Information Commission report estimates. The...
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Derby sails into the unknown
Derby University is facing up to a political challenge. It is so on message in terms of the government's lifelong learning agenda that it has almost gone off message. If that sounds confusing, Roger...
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Wordwise software designed to sniff out plagiarists
Two academics have developed software to detect plagiarised work. Two forensic linguistic experts have pooled their expertise and come up with a detection system that, it is claimed, will expose even...