'I want to do the science - not write about it'
SHELLEY COOK WELLCOME TRUST FELLOW Shelley Cook could have pursued a career as a professional salsa dancer or as a City consultant. Instead, after winning a £250,000 fellowship from the Wellcome...
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Warwick ratchets up research drive
Warwick University has unveiled plans to double its number of postgraduate research students, with more than 1,000 new places, and to attract more star researchers as part of a "critical push" to...
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Fear of growing inequalities as better-off buy extra help
One-to-one assistance from a personal tutor is part of the education experience for more and more students - but at what cost? Amy Binns reports Alpha Tutors, one of the UK's leading private tuition...
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Election campaign delivers big bucks
As the battle for the 2008 US presidential election heats up, suddenly everyone wants to pour money into higher education. Jon Marcus explains. Hats, T-shirts, coffee mugs and other paraphernalia...
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Resignation deal in Israel row case
A long-running row between a controversial US academic and his university employer has ended with him agreeing to resign. Norman Finkelstein, who has alleged that Israel accused those who opposed its...
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Cancer risks fall with educational level
Further evidence linking higher education with health benefits has emerged in a US study. Research by the American Cancer Society found that black men who had higher education were half as likely to...
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Day in court sought for unpaid ranchers
An Australian academic is fighting for justice for tens of thousands of people who worked unpaid on cattle stations until the 1960s. Sydney University law lecturer Thalia Anthony is leading a...
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Donation helps to create 100 new chairs
A US university has received a donation of more than £56 million, the largest in its history. The University of California, Berkeley was given the money by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation....
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Hopes dashed for Grey whale recovery
The grey whale population may not have recovered from the effects of hunting as well as previously thought, according to a study. The research from Stanford and Washington universities in the US...
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Indian pay review panel appointed
Indian academics are to have their pay and conditions reviewed. The Government's University Grants Committee has appointed a panel to review pay scales and look at whether earlier recommendations on...
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Worldwide alliance pledges improvement
Five higher education bodies from around the world have signed an agreement to strengthen graduate education. At the first global graduate education conference in Banff, Canada, the Council of...
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Michigan backtracks in anti-zionist book furore
The University of Michigan Press has resumed distribution of a British book that calls the creation of Israel a mistake and has prompted several pro Israel groups to denounce it as "hate speech"....
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No kidding, goats are on the syllabus
When we think of universities taking discoveries into the wider world, software, medical discoveries and machinery are the sort of products that spring to mind, while goats tend not to figure. But...
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It is time we tamed the tyranny of technology
A few simple fixes, says Ian Marshall, and e-mail and the internet can be transformed from curse into blessing As a recent meeting with a colleague progressed, I noticed that he was becoming...
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Unhappy shuffle
The shadow education team showed little unrest at last Sunday's Liberal Democrat conference, but Peep has heard not everyone is entirely delighted. After Labour's reshuffle, Sarah Teather, the...