Treasury explores VAT relief
The Government's pre-election Budget could include measures designed to accelerate the university sector's slow uptake of its private finance initiative, a ministerial adviser has revealed. Ahead of...
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No brass, no PFI
Simon Targett quotes John McWilliam of Greenwich University as saying that the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals is talking nonsense when it says the Private Finance Initiative is not...
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Firms ignore ideas on innovation
Small and medium-sized firms are not taking advantage of innovative ideas from universities, patents and trade fairs, according to a survey of 1,000 companies. The finding suggests that government...
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Fees threat to asylum-seekers
Tough new rules on student asylum seekers could rob colleges of enrolments and thousands of pounds in cash. Admissions tutors are already worried about making up numbers this term because of changes...
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Reel time
The American Film Institute has relaunched its web site (www.afionline.org) with a new interface and new content including material about the AFI's newly acquired 1912 film Richard III, the oldest...
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Energy saving
Dundee University will generate its own electricity this month with the completion of a Pounds 2 million combined heat and power plant. The first in Britain, the plant will pay for itself in five...
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Bad genes uncovered
David King reports on the dilemma facing the insurance industry as genetic tests that can predict susceptibility to disease pit insurers against the insured. Put yourself in the following position:...
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The CVCP at a watershed
A managed market gives the committee its best chance of survival. Planning or a free market could break it up, say Ted Tapper and Brian Salter. One of the more interesting aspects of the contemporary...
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Cut engineering, say employers
Graham Mackenzie, director general of the Engineering Employers Federation, has called for a shakeout of engineering courses in universities. He says that there is "certainly overcapacity" in...
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Debt hits former polytechnics hardest
Debt levels are rising among higher education institutions, with the former polytechnics carrying the largest burden, according to a new financial guide to the sector. This reinforces funding council...
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Budding engineers go to market
Richard Barry's hope that a cull of so-called weaker engineering faculties, as defined by input standards alone, will produce candidates who will take up training to be skilled engineering craftsmen...
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Unions flex muscles over pay rise retreat
Australia's main academic union plans to adopt a more aggressive industrial stance towards wage rises and job security. The decision comes as vice chancellors face growing pressure from the...
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Courses require a degree of meditation
Students considering enrolling at a new residential college run by the Maharishi Foundation, which promotes transcendental meditation, were told this week to get as much impartial information as...
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Academic Sherlock Holmeses aid detectives
A university department dedicated to busting violent crime has become the focus of attention for police forces in the United Kingdom and abroad which are turning to academic sleuths to capture...