Preaching to the catalytic converted
Pioneering work at Cambridge University on catalysts, which could make cheaper catalytic converters for cleaning up car exhaust, has been rewarded with a Pounds 2 million grant this week. The use of...
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All aboard
(Photograph) - All aboard: Lisa Clayton, the first woman to sail single-handed and unaided round the world, was awarded an honorary degree of doctor of science by the University of Birmingham earlier...
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Leeds v-c to chair CVCP finance group
Alan Wilson, vice chancellor of Leeds University, is to chair the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals group on university finances, resources and management. The group is one of nine created...
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Part-timers fill lecturing gap
Huw Richards, in the last of our series on the Research Assessment Exercise, looks at its impact on teaching Unholy alliance. Gruesome twosome. Call them what you like - and academics are an...
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Graduate pay perks push up prices
Graduate recruiters need to rethink their recruitment strategy if they are going to compete with the financial houses which can offer ever bigger pay packets and perks, according to international...
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Sheffield skills' stainless reputation
Sheffield University's enterprise initiative has gained a reputation as one of the country's most successful. English graduate Andrea Farley confirms the rumour. "This one project coloured my whole...
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Job skills booster is catalyst for change
When captains of industry stand up to speak about higher education, what are they most likely to say? The answer, if the speeches of the past decade are anything to go by, is that they will claim...
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On your bike cash back offer
Staff at Middlesex University are being encouraged to get on their bikes. The university believes it is the first in the country to introduce mileage for those using bicycles on university business....
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When education is just a joke
Humour guru Joel Goodman had some prejudices to overcome when he addressed an audience at Leeds Metropolitan University recently on "The Positive Power of Humour". For the notoriously robust British...
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Scottish IT link gets Pounds 5m boost
Scottish higher education is poised to set up one of Europe's most advanced information technology networks, with a Pounds 5 million boost from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. SHEFC...
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College crosses Irish divide
(Photograph) - The first cross-border further and higher education institution is opening in Northern Ireland. The Pounds 1.3 million Rural College, close to the Irish border at Draperstown, is fully...
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Degrees on offer at Sotheby's
The world-renowned auction house Sotheby's has been given Government approval for a prestigious new institute providing fine art degree courses. The centre, called the Sotheby's Institute for Fine...
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Pure genius
(Photograph) - Pure genius: Sharon Helina, lecturer in languages at Airedale and Wharfedale College in Horsforth, tells a regular at the Cardigan Arms in Leeds about a course on ordering drinks...
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Stars in their eyes and good prospects
Doctorate programmes in particle physics and astronomy attract high calibre students and those qualifying have little difficulty in getting jobs, according to a study to be published soon, writes Kam...
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Chemists raise lab alarm
Top chemists in industry and academe have warned the Government that deterioration of laboratory equipment in universities is rapidly approaching "crisis proportions" and that an urgent national...