* The number of PhD students funded by PPARC is likely to be increased by 10 per cent to 20 per cent by 2000, depending on a vote taken at today's PPARC council meeting. PPARC also has plans to...
Oxford dons are resisting moves to erode the traditional autonomy of the university's colleges through increased centralisation. Oxford's Congregation debated proposals this week to reform and...
Novelists Celia Brayfield and Carmen Callil have gone public this week with their proposal to set up Britain's first National Academy of Writing with lottery backing. The academy will mirror the...
Literary agents Curtis Brown Ltd will offer a Pounds 1,000 prize for the best novel written by a student on the MA programme in novel writing run by the University of Manchester. The prize will go to...
Private higher education colleges are being forced to pay more for the right to photocopy books and journals than their public sector counterparts. The Council of Independent Colleges and Research...
At least three Oxford University students staked their academic futures in protest at the introduction of tuition fees this week. Two Balliol College undergraduates faced suspension as The THES went...
There is little public support for cloning for reproductive purposes, claims a report by the Wellcome Trust. The study, Public Perspectives on Human Cloning, found that even groups that might be...
Finding alternatives to testing new drugs on animals is an uphill struggle, but progress is being made. Paul Skett reports Should animals be used in testing new drugs if viable, scientifically...
Biological sciences look healthy with a big funding boost and new buildings, writes Julia Hinde With the comprehensive spending review over, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council...
Database company Oracle claims to have revolutionised the management of grants. Natasha Loder reports A quiet revolution is under way in the research administration of a handful of universities...
(Photograph) - A cow carcass with suspected BSE infection is incinerated at Cluttons animal slaughterers in Wrexham. This year the BBSRC will plough Pounds 4.5 million into BSE research....
The European Science Foundation is to launch eight new scientific programmes in the physical, life, medical and social sciences and the humanities. The new programmes run for four to five years from...
Crawford Beveridge, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, has announced plans for a Pounds 6 million centre of excellence in microelectronics and semiconductors based at Edinburgh University. The...
A Napier University research team led by Tariq Muneer, reader in energy engineering, is providing energy-conscious architects and engineers with a guide to the amount of solar energy different parts...
A new International Institute on health and ageing is up and running at Bristol University with death, dying and bereavement among its future research themes. Aiming to advance understanding of human...