Colleges celebrate growth in applicants
Applications for university and college courses starting this autumn have bounced back, while provisional admissions figures from Oxford University show that the success rate of state and independent...
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Lords back broader stem cell research
British science was cautiously celebrating a victory this week after the House of Lords voted to extend human stem cell research. The Lords overturned an amendment by anti-abortion campaigner Lord...
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Kroto protests cutbacks
Nobel prizewinner Sir Harry Kroto has handed back an honorary degree from the University of Hertfordshire in protest against cuts in its chemistry department. "The recent plans to reduce the amount...
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Latest UK news
Graduate employment up The proportion of graduates out of work six months after graduation is at its lowest for seven years. Some 68 per cent were employed within six months of completing a full-time...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The place at which the sperm enters the egg has a far greater role in early development than previously thought, say researchers from Cambridge University. Fears that people will...
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TV & radio guide - Friday
A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4). The Chimney Sweeps Act 1875 examined by Ian Hislop and historians. Masterclass: Denys Lasdun (1.00, also 4.00, 7.00, 10.00 BBC Knowledge). Last interview with...
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Higher Channels
Pick of the week Britain's first officially recognised Holocaust Memorial Day is marked with several programmes on Saturday. BBC2 offers Last Days (5.35), a documentary from the Survivors of the...
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Billion-pound prescription for success
Sir Richard Sykes, the new rector of Imperial College, London, believes that UK universities can compete with the best, but, he tells Alison Goddard, they need some generous donations. From his...
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History lessons from someone who was there
In the week that Britain celebrates Holocaust Memorial Day, Denis Herbstein reports on one man's quest for remembrance. Bernhard Herzberg was in Hanover at an exhibition to mark Kristallnacht , the...
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Running the gamut from bhangra to Bach
Is the latest club anthem as worthy of scholarly attention as Elgar's Enigma? Sara Lloyd of The New Grove Dictionary of Music believes it could be. In the halls of academe the debate rages. Should...
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Scholars squeezed by market muscle
Universities must fight a multilateral trade deal that could kill public education, even if the government is backing it. Last year, the Department of Trade and Industry hosted the Knowledge 2000...
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Latest UK news
Nobel winner returns degree in protest Nobel prizewinning chemist Sir Harry Kroto has returned an honorary degree to Hertfordshire University in protest at cuts in the chemistry department. A...
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Latest international news
Gore to teach journalism at Columbia Former US vice-president Al Gore is to teach journalism at New York's Columbia University as a visiting professor for at least two terms, running up to...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Universities will face a staff shortage crisis within four years unless pay improves, Sir Michael Bett, author of the authoritative report on academic salaries, has warned MPs. The...
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TV & radio guide - Thursday
Melvyn Bragg – In Our Time (9.00 am R4). Richard Drayton and Simon Schaffer on science and Victorian imperialism. A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4, repeated 9.30). Ian Hislop plus historians on...