I'll take a Lucky Dip and key to life, please
Members of the public may soon be able to sequence part of the gorilla genome when they buy a lottery ticket, writes Anna Fazackerley. Julie Webb, a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London...
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Half of UK chemistry may shut after RAE
More than half of the chemistry departments in the UK could face closure after the next research assessment exercise, academics warned MPs this week. A panel of academics told a meeting of the House...
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Third-stream pledge broken, say post-92s
The Government was this week accused of breaking a pledge to increase funding to new universities under the "third-stream" scheme for improving academic-business links. Indications ahead of Friday's...
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Warning of elite of just 50 for Europe
Europe can support only 30 to 50 top-rank universities, according to David Ward, president of the American Council of Education. "It takes 5 million taxpayers to support one world-class comprehensive...
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Kosovan rector fired
The Serbian education ministry has replaced the rector of Kosovo-Mitrovica University in a move that has angered Kosovan Albanians and sent shivers through the European academic establishment. The...
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Standard cvs for EU graduates
The European diploma supplement, a linchpin of the Bologna process, is to be incorporated into Europass, a comprehensive curriculum vitae system designed to help graduates gain recognition for their...
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Distance learning will offer the winning move
Off-campus study is the only cost-effective way forward for higher education, says Brenda Gourley In the US, the number of students aged 24 and over has long since overtaken the number of "...
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A bit of chemical bonding
With an axe hanging over many chemistry departments, embittered chemists often point the finger of blame at "dumbed down" media studies courses that get so many bums on their cheap seats. But they...
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Science gets clinical for cash
Rumours are rife about when the Treasury will unveil its spending allocations and the ten-year investment plan for science - the good-news story the Chancellor hopes will take the sting out of a...
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Can't access no satisfaction
Academics drowning in paperwork are doubtless grateful to the DFES for devising a lengthy careers questionnaire for them to complete in their "spare time". Sources suggest that the shoestring project...
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Scientists mad for arts scene
Science and art, once separated by a healthy dose of snobbery, are increasingly allied on research proposals. So it is the logical next step that science bigwigs should muscle into the arts social...
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Reunited: 'rather uncharitably, i feel cheated'
Sue Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff from 1979-82. She is now a BBC science correspondent Five years ago, I filmed at Cardiff's hands-on science centre, Techniquest, for...
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Why I ... believe cultivating scepticism is the real value of the university
In February, I argued that it was time to initiate a "campaign for real dissent" in the university sector to counter the growing threat of fundamentalism and dogmatism in our society. Two weeks ago,...
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The fairer the better?
Moves to widen access may in fact create even greater social divisions, argues Yanina Sheeran Controversies abound over fair access and widening participation, and some access initiatives appear to...
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Slaves to the factory rhythm
By turning universities into a production line, the US is killing innovation, says Lindsay Waters While we were sleeping, the American university has been corporatised, turned into a version of a...