On course for collision
Science computing in the UK will be boosted by a further £30 million in research council funding for the UK's largest scientific Grid. The Grid will analyse data from the Large Hadron Collider, a new...
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New cancer chief
Cancer Research UK has appointed world-leading cancer researcher Sir David Lane FRS its first chief scientist. Professor Lane discovered p53, a protein that plays a central role in preventing cancer...
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Divine exhibits
A collection of modern religious icons from Eastern Europe is on show at the Cambridge University Church until the end of May. The Balkan Icons Exhibition features 70 religious paintings by 20...
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Principal appointment
Gavin Henderson CBE has been confirmed as the new principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama. He takes over in September, replacing Gary Crossley.
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Spin-off partners
Loughborough University has formed a ten-year strategic partnership with IPSO Ventures, a business specialising in the commercialisation of intellectual property. Under the terms of the agreement,...
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Forensic contribution
A forensic scientist who has worked on many high-profile murder cases with police forces worldwide and advised on feature films and television series, including Waking the Dead , has joined the...
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Company values
The Russell Group, the lobby group for some of the UK's biggest and oldest universities, has established itself as a company. The move is seen as part of a drive by the group to provide a stronger...
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Musical chair
Francis Pott has been appointed Thames Valley University's first professor of composition. The introduction of the post, which confers on its recipient a personal chair within the university's music...
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US loses out to rivals as graduate numbers fall
The US higher education system has long been viewed as one of the best in the world, but is the American dream turning sour? Jon Marcus reports. It's spring, when hopeful young applicants all over...
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UK-style RAE taken on by Italy
The UK's much criticised research assessment exercise has been adopted by Italy as the model for a new national agency designed to evaluate academic work. The Agenzia Nazionale del sistema...
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The UK's unloved elite
Why should UK academics be public intellectuals? France, we are told, has lots of them. America, apparently, is also well stocked with well-paid thinkers. Britain remains curiously bereft. At first...
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Off stage, we synchronise chairs
Name: Kate Tuerena Age: 42 Job: Faculty administration manager, faculty of education at Anglia Ruskin University Education/ background: I trained as a stage manager and worked in theatre for 12 years...
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Top-flight teachers gain new acclaim
The Higher Education Academy is preparing to put the finishing touches to a scheme designed to give champions of teaching and learning greater professional recognition. A committee is being assembled...
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Who got that job?
Angela Hull, professor of spatial planning, department of the built environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Job advertised The Times Higher, June 16, 2006 At the start of her lectures on urban...
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Early-career cash fillip
Rule changes mean new bioscience researchers will find it easier to set up their own labs, says Melanie Newman Early-career bioscience researchers and lecturers will find it easier to secure funding...