Pulse on the prize
Two British-led research groups this week received €200,000 (£135,500) shares of the €1 million Descartes Research Prize from European Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik. The Pulse team, led by...
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We're glad to be postgrads
A Times Higher -NPC survey offers some surprising insights into the postgraduate-supervisor relationship. reports Anna Fazackerley The stereotype of egotistical postgraduate supervisors who are...
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Government hints at change to Terror Bill to protect scholars
Academics and librarians should be given further protection from prosecution under the Government's anti-terrorism legislation as ministers move to ease fears that academic freedom would be...
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Treasury forks out to forge China link
Changes to the immigration rules for overseas students and a new £4 million fund to foster Anglo-Sino university links were announced this week by Chancellor Gordon Brown in a move to "boost higher...
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Triumphant Cameron promises healthy funding
Well-funded universities will be a priority under a Tory government, David Cameron declared this week in his first speech as Conservative Party leader, writes Paul Hill. Mr Cameron, the former Shadow...
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Russell Group seeks leader to oversee its expanded role
A director-general is to be appointed by the Russell Group of research universities as part of a "step change" in its lobbying ahead of the Government's 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. The group...
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V-cs and unions air fears over sponsored schools
Lecturers' unions and vice-chancellors warned against universities sponsoring new city academies as it emerged that four institutions are in talks with the Government about sponsoring schools, writes...
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Sykes gives support to nuclear option
Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College London, leapt to the defence of nuclear power this week as academics debated whether public emotion is constraining science, writes Anna Fazackerley. At...
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London Met staff were unfairly dismissed
An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of a group of staff at London Metropolitan University who claimed that they were unfairly dismissed when the university tried to put them on new, inferior...
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Big fall in medical teachers
Universities may be forced to squeeze the number of medical school places they can offer unless they can train more academic clinicians, a conference heard this week. Medical academics attending the...
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Managers to get into peak condition
There may be more rain than snow and no slopes or chairlifts in sight but Manchester University aims to be a training mecca for ski-resort bosses. A new World Academy of Sport Executive Centre,...
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Australian Government accused of arrogance over 'hellish' reforms
New industrial laws pushed through the Australian Parliament last week will make life "hellish" for university administrators, according to academic legal experts. Andrew Stewart, professor of law at...
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US campuses add to CO2 crisis
Greenhouse-gas emissions at US universities are soaring - largely because of a long-term shift to energy-intensive science and technology, greater deployment of personal computers and demand for air...
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1pm playtime, 2pm advanced biology
Professors at Japan's Kyoto University are giving lectures to primary school children in subjects ranging from biology to computer technology. Rival universities have dismissed the initiative as a...
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Paris demands cash to avert risk
Presidents of Paris' inner-city universities say they lack the resources they urgently need to renovate faculty buildings to comply with legal safety standards. In spite of emergency finance for...