Cumbria chief named
Chris Carr, chief executive and principal of St Martin's College, will become vice-chancellor of the new Cumbria University from August 1, 2007.
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Cranfield appoints
John O'Reilly has been appointed vice-chancellor of Cranfield University from January 2007. Professor O'Reilly, currentlyJchief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,...
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Graduate jobs increase
The number of job vacancies for graduates are the highest since 1995, up 16.7 per cent on last year, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR Graduate...
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No need to go native
Academics teaching languages should ditch traditional learning models, delegates heard at a languages in higher education conference this week. Mike Kelly, director of the Subject Centre for...
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Ellis retires from Leeds
Leeds University has announced that Russian and Slavonic studies lecturer Frank Ellis has taken early retirement. Dr Ellis was suspended on March 23 following remarks that the university considered...
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Goblets of fire
Academics at Leicester University dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books for an open day designed to spark children's interest in chemistry.
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Ignoring QAA guidelines need not hurt academic standards
Some specialist institutions such as art schools and music conservatoires have been largely ignoring the extensive guidance produced by quality watchdogs without seriously compromising their academic...
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Overseas students shun bars for books
The academic reputation of a university is more important to foreign undergraduates than drinking or social clubs, finds Jessica Shepherd Which of your students are more likely to be found in the...
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Lazy lads balk at 'feminine' study
Many young men assume they are too laddish, lazy and disorganised to go to university, a study suggests, writes Jessica Shepherd. According to a recent survey, they believe that university life...
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Passion drives the best and brightest in biology
Ditch your assumptions, says Anna Fazackerley, the UK has a lot to shout about when it comes to early career researchers, and there's not a comfy shoe in sight Higher Hopes We all know the stereotype...
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Washington DC
The Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors have accused the Government of Iraq of doing little to ensure the safety of academics and have claimed that a...
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Dublin
The Irish Government has announced its biggest ever investment in science - at least €3.8 billion (£2.6 billion) over the next seven years. It is hoped that industry will contribute at least €2.5...
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Cologne
Cologne University has banned all Coca-Cola products from its campus after joining an international protest against the US soft drinks giant. The universities of Bonn and Wuppertal are likely to...
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Correction
The University of South Australia was incorrectly described as the University of South Africa in the second reference to the institution in a story about Cranfield University (June 30).
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US under pressure to dump Sudan holdings
The best-organised student movement since the apartheid era has had mixed success in its bid to change university investments. Jon Marcus reports Some 40 US universities have agreed to disinvest in...