Pounds 400m research ransom
THE government must spend at least an extra Pounds 400 million on research infrastructure if Britain's future prosperity is not to be put at risk, the powerful House of Commons science and technology...
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Engineers fire lone salvo at RAE
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has launched a blistering attack on the research assessment exercise in its submission to the funding council's consultation. It questions the...
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Oxford is doing all right, thank you
THE FEAR that Oxford is losing its ability to compete as a world-class institution expressed by Robert Stevens, master of Pembroke College, is unfounded, the chair of the university's international...
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Pay talks postponed after 'dismal' offer
THENEXT round of higher education pay negotiations will take place on April 22 after a meeting last Friday was postponed. Eight unions are representing higher education staff, and there is widespread...
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Northern Irish work their way through college
A National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland survey of further education students in Northern Ireland reveals they have an annual income of only Pounds 656 a year in grants, student...
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Merlin waves his biotechnological wand
Merlin Ventures, the biotechnology investment firm set up by academic-turned-entrepreneur Chris Evans, is pumping Pounds 10 million into three of its firms. ReNeuron, set up last year, will get...
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Scottish Wellcome for science
The Scottish Science Trust has won a Pounds 5 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to promote understanding of science and engineering through a network of science centres. Sir Donald MacKay, trust...
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Lecturer claims win
A SENIOR lecturer in economics has won Pounds 16,000 from London Guildhall University in an out-of-court settlement on the eve of an industrial tribunal in which she was to allege racial...
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Frame-up
(Photograph) - Frame-up: the walking frame has been transformed by researchers at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design working in collaboration with the design firm tangerine. The "Activ...
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Action taken to end race bias
THE FIRST major study of equal opportunities for academic staff, charged with putting an end to racial discrimination in British higher education, has been commissioned by an all-embracing consortium...
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Fixed contracts: a female preserve
WOMEN academics are more likely to be employed on fixed-term contracts than their male colleagues at every level, according to a report by lecturers' union Natfhe. Analysis of statistics produced by...
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Philosophers think of strike
LEEDS University is facing strike action over the dismissal of three philosophy lecturers who have been employed on a succession of fixed-term contracts. The university said the decision was taken to...
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Three lecturers were reinstated by Northumbria University this week
* Three lecturers were reinstated by Northumbria University this week after colleagues threatened strike action, writes Alan Thomson. The modern languages lecturers were all on fixed-term contracts...
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Students vote against fees
THE National Union of Students voted overwhelmingly to continue its current line on education funding at its annual conference, writes Harriet Swain. After a fierce debate, members decided to...
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NUS leader-elect eyes higher loans
The newly-elected leader of the National Union of Students has vowed to make ending student hardship his priority and called for more money from government to do it. Andrew Pakes, NUS treasurer, will...