AUT expected to change boycott policy
The Association of University Teachers looks almost certain to overturn its decision to boycott two Israeli universities, writes Phil Baty. As The Times Higher went to press this week, it appeared...
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Standard build-up
Kel Fidler, the vice-chancellor of Northumbria University, has been named chairman of the Engineering Council UK, the body that regulates standards in the engineering profession. Professor Fidler,...
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Write-on science
Science writer Philip Ball has won the Aventis science books general prize with his book Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another . Lord May of Oxford, the president of the Royal...
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Deposit account
All new research funded by the Wellcome Trust must be made available freely to anyone online from October 1, it was announced this week. After publication, researchers will have six months to deposit...
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Track records
The Economic and Social Research Council is launching a free web-based social science resource. ESRC Society Today ( www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk ) will include reports on all ESRC-funded research, and...
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Net values
A British Academy report says more coherent policies and proactive strategies are needed to ensure UK researchers in the humanities and social sciences have access to resource materials on the web. B...
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Partial to particles
Plans for a £1 billion science centre in North Yorkshire have taken a step forward. The White Rose University Consortium, which includes Leeds, Sheffield and York universities and the regional...
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Holiday promotion
A Research Experience Grant scheme, to promote pharmaceutical research careers to undergraduates, has been launched by Merck Sharp & Dohme. Grants will provide an allowance and cover travel...
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Engaging staff enjoy chemistry with public
"Do drugs do your head in?" was an unusual topic for an academic debate. And when a local drug dealer joined in, it was clear this was something different. Bristol University scientists had asked the...
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£14m fillip to help broker spin-off licensing deals
University researchers with ideas they could sell to industry received a boost this week when a major investor in spin-off companies announced that it had raised £14 million to develop research for...
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PM extends tenure of science adviser
Sir David King, the Government's chief scientific adviser, has been given an unprecedented second term in his post, ending months of speculation in the science community, writes Anna Fazackerley. His...
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170,000 judge life on campus
The verdict of six out of ten undergraduates on their experiences at university will form the basis of the first nationwide poll of students' views, funding council chiefs revealed this week. The...
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Fears of debt dampen dream of a degree for children of unemployed
Children whose parents are unemployed are far less likely to aspire to university than those from homes where at least one parent works, a conference will hear next week. Tessa Stone, director of the...
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Rector is upbeat in the face of apathy
Winston Churchill, Gordon Brown and John Cleese have all served as rector in one of Scotland's four ancient universities, lending their considerable talents to fight the corner of students on the...
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UK sees endowments rise
British university endowment funds grew by twice the rate of inflation last year but they are still minnows compared with their US counterparts. Between 2003 and 2004, the value of UK endowments rose...