John Bell has been appointed to run the newly formed Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research The appointment of John Bell, president of the Academy of Medical Sciences and regius...
* Judith Weir , formerly at Princeton and Harvard universities, has been appointed distinguished visiting research professor in composition at Cardiff University's School of Music. * Arokia Nathan...
Subject leaders warn new system will focus on 'safe' areas, stifling emerging ideas, says Anthea Lipsett Subject leaders have reacted angrily to sweeping reforms to the way university research is to...
Plans to reform the research councils' peer-review system for allocating grants could threaten the dual-support funding system, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Policy Institute warned this week. Funding for UK...
Research councils fear that the Department of Trade and Industry will attempt to fill a hole in its coffers by clawing back £140 million that is already earmarked for research, it emerged this week....
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Intimidation of researchers involved in scientific experiments on monkeys is stifling recruitment into the field, a report says this week. The Weatherall report, on the use of non-human primates in...
Southampton Solent University has confirmed that it has promoted Van Gore to become its vice-chancellor. Professor Gore, deputy vice-chancellor, will take up the role at the end of July 2007, when...
Halifax will get a new centre for higher education in a deal between Calderdale College and Leeds Metropolitan University. The two institutions this week signed a formal agreement to work together on...
Nearly a third of further and higher education institutions in the UK do not have formalised policies governing staff access to information and communications technology, says a new report. The...
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Academy this week set up a new interdisciplinary special interest group for Public Health. The group said it would respond to the health service's growing needs for a range of...
Greenwich University has confirmed its role in helping to conserve the Cutty Sark , the Victorian sailing ship docked near the university's historic campus. Researchers are using software predictions...
Cambridge University educationalist Tom Eason has been awarded the Promotion of International Education Award from the European Council of International Schools.
Union leaders worry that Birmingham restructure heralds loss of academic voice in governance, writes Chloe Stothart Lecturers' leaders claimed this week that academic collegiality was being eroded as...
Oxford University's beleaguered vice-chancellor made a last-ditch effort this week to persuade academics to approve his controversial governance reforms, writes Jessica Shepherd. In a letter to each...