Pounds 500 million bonus
Greater Manchester's universities contribute more than Pounds 500 million per year to the local economy and account for 17,300 jobs in the north-west, says a survey conducted by academics at the...
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Royal professors
The Royal Society plans to appoint four research professors in science, engineering and technology. The professorships will allow scientists to carry out research without the burdens of...
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Trusts disrupt medical training
Negotiations between universities and the National Health Service on medical education have been thrown into confusion by the advent of hospital trusts, Sir William Fraser, principal of Glasgow...
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Welsh winner at CVCP
Gareth Roberts, vice chancellor of Sheffield University, is to be the next chairman of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Professor Roberts, 54, defeated John Stoddart of Sheffield...
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Budget hits atom smasher
British particle physicists this week were faced with the prospect of a big slowdown in their programme for building the giant detectors to be used by the Large Hadron Collider particle smashing...
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On the ball
Never let it be said that The THES has no influence. No sooner had we reported that the Nigerian university system was expected to close for the duration of this year's Junior World Cup than FIFA...
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Plugged in
Further academic soaps nominated by Mark Griffiths of Plymouth University include Only Fools and Courses, Tears Before B.Ed Time, Did You B.Sc, Low Grant and that well-known university-based crime...
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Cataract lab pioneers human touch
A laboratory to house world-leading, non-animal research into cataracts opens today at the University of East Anglia. The Pounds 170,000 lab is funded by the Humane Research Trust, which supports...
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Employers go back on the milk round
Employers are returning to the milk round as demand for graduates is expected to increase by 10 per cent this year, according to a new report from Incomes Data Services. A survey of more than 100...
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Super model
(Photograph) - Super model: The first phase of the new University College of Lincolnshire campus is to be built on the derelict 15-hectare site which the Royal Fine Arts Commission called "the...
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Alumni urged to build on goodwill
More than three-quarters of international students are so positive about their experiences of British undergraduate life that they would recommend their institution to family and friends - but a...
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Scots lack self-criticism
Scotland's higher education institutions are failing to be sufficiently self-critical when assessing their teaching quality, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has warned. In its second...
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Wessex family gets together
Southampton is considering forming a regional university with its four accredited colleges based on the multi-campus model common in the United States. The project, already being referred to as the...
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Health first on Chinese life menu
Running a Chinese restaurant is very, very good for you. According to data from the 1991 census, United Kingdom Chinese are a third less likely to suffer illness and almost 50 per cent less likely to...
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Delorian figure rises on Italy's left
Ex-academic Romano Prodi is set to be one of the key figures in the realignment of Italian politics, says a British academic specialist. Mark Donovan, lecturer in politics at the University of Wales...