Currying favour
Librarians at St Andrews University have come up with a hot scheme. Students donating their old textbooks to the library are presented with a voucher which can be put towards the cost of a meal at...
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CVCP deters FE colleges' higher hopes
Further education institutions should concentrate on complementing higher education provision rather than developing freestanding higher education capacity of their own, say vice chancellors. The...
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The Union chief predicts recruitment crisis . . . while OU takes on 33 new tech staff
The Open University is taking on 33 new staff in one of its largest recruitment drives since it was set up just over 25 years ago. The jobs are aimed at helping the university harness new...
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Humber on board
The University of Humberside has replaced Nottingham Trent University in the project to establish a University of Lincolnshire. The plan is to admit the first 500 students in autumn 1996....
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Scorpion trial
Further work on a controversial research programme aimed at developing a genetically engineered chemical insecticide is being planned for this summer by the Natural Environment Research Council. The...
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Holocaust degree
The first postgraduate degree in holocaust studies will be run next academic year by the department of Hebrew and Jewish studies at University College, London. Students will explore the holocaust in...
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New York, New York
Lord Briggs, former vice chancellor of Sussex University and historian of the BBC, is one of 13 media academics and practitioners elected to residential fellowships for the academic year 1995/96 by...
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Going west
Ron Johnston, who is to retire as vice chancellor of Essex University at the end of the academic year, has been appointed professor of geography at Bristol University. Ivor Crewe, professor of...
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Internet service
The THES Internet Service, carries details of the contents of this week's newspaper including all job advertisements, quality assessments for teaching and research and other information. It is...
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Glaxo gift will reopen property debate
A new laboratory at Bradford University funded by pharmaceutical giant Glaxo has reopened the debate over ownership of intellectual property rights in joint ventures between academics and industry....
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Wellcome guards its property
The Wellcome Trust plans to set up a technology transfer company to exploit intellectual property rights associated with research work it backs in universities. The idea was floated by the Wellcome...
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Forward into Battle over science funding policy
The Government's science policy is devoid of long-term thinking, lacking coordination between Government departments and has resulted in real terms reductions in funding, according to John Battle,...
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Union chief predicts recruitment crisis . . .
Old universities are likely to face a major recruitment crisis in the next four years because of a retirement bulge and poor academic pay, Peter Breeze, president of the Association of University...
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Ministers toy with private loans idea
The Government is considering piloting a privately-backed student loans scheme for postgraduates, which could eventually replace the current loans system. Ministers were this week examining the...
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Handsworth hits back at inspectors
Britain's most extensive college franchise operation has been heavily criticised by the Further Education Funding Council. But Handsworth College in Birmingham has hit back saying the inspection of...