The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
* The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has redesigned its postgraduate studentships to make PhD holders more useful to industry. It will increase them by 10 per cent next year.
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Striking back
(Photograph) - Women students at the Jordanian University in Amman protest at the US/UK air strikes. Demos also took place in Damascus, Jakarta, Kuala Lumper and Beirut.
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I'm manic, do you mind?
The pressure to feel happy at Christmas can make students feel lonely and isolated. Olga Wojtas finds out how university staff are being taught greater awareness in dealing with mental illness, from...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Spend the afternoon entertaining my two-year-old by getting into top gear for Christmas. Spend the evening frantically preparing for three hours of Beowulf the following day with the second-...
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Industry white paper has academic approval
Plans to commercialise university research, announced in the white paper on competitiveness last week, have received a positive response from academics. Rodney Eastwood, director of planning at...
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Lab loses radioactive package
Radioactive material has gone missing from Cambridge University, leaving the institution facing two criminal investigations. This week the Environment Agency confirmed that it is conducting...
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20 per cent cash fillip for smaller institutes
All institutes with fewer than 1,000 students will get up to 20 per cent more cash from the Higher Education Funding Council for England from next year. The move is mainly designed to protect the...
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Call to assess technology transfer
University of Southampton vice-chancellor Howard Newby (below) has called for a "technology transfer assessment exercise" to run alongside the research assessment exercise. Professor Newby, former...
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Successful primary course closes
The University of Surrey has closed its primary postgraduate teacher training programme, despite a very good inspection report. A recommendation for closure was accepted by the university council...
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School-based training gets quality warning
Two new school-based teacher training courses in Essex have been given a preliminary warning about poor quality by schools' inspectorate Ofsted. South-East Essex Primary Consortium was given two...
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Union fears transfer spells new contracts
Lecturers' union leaders are worried about arrangements for the transfer of staff contracts from West Hill College to the University of Birmingham. The move is due to take place next year as part of...
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Blind students to get more books in Braille
Students with visual disabilities will be able to read more books in Braille thanks to a Pounds 200,000-a-year government grant. Education secretary David Blunkett said that the money would be paid...
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Anti-Nazi library wins lottery grant
The London-based Wiener Library, the world's oldest institution established to document the Nazi regime and its persecution of the Jews, has been awarded a Pounds 250,000 grant by the Heritage...
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German giant moves lab to Southampton
Merck, the German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant, is relocating its research and development facilities from Poole to Southampton University to forge closer links with the university's...
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New group will lure vets into research
The Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the UK Veterinary Schools have set up a group to promote veterinary research. Last year the Selbourne...