In the news: Pam Tatlow
This week, Pam Tatlow became chief executive - and the first employee - of Campaigning for Mainstream Universities, the former Coalition of Modern Universities. The CMU member institutions are mainly...
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Appointments
Tony Blair has appointed the following to the Council for Science and Technology, an advisory body for science education, research, knowledge transfer and science communication: John Beringer ,...
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Audit models 'kill teaching'
University teaching reforms risk destroying the learning experience for students by forcing academics to adhere to a rigid and uniform lecturing style, according to a leading national teaching fellow...
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Animal rights' victims call for protection
Victims of animal-rights activism confronted MPs in Parliament this week to call for new legislation to stop the rising tide of attacks. Victims of Animal Rights Extremism (Vare), a new group of...
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Cure for malaria is tested
Pre-clinical studies of a cheap and powerful new cure for malaria are about to begin. Scientists have designed and synthesised a chemical that is easy to make and can wipe out the parasite...
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Middlesex to 'reap fees benefit before Oxbridge
New universities stand to gain most from top-up fees as older institutions sink much of the extra income they raise into bursaries and scholarships, it was claimed this week. Michael Driscoll, vice-...
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Cash incentive too low
College heads have warned that education maintenance allowances, available from September to 16-year-olds from low-income families, may not be enough to significantly reduce dropout rates. The...
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Chemistry cancelled
The University of Wales Swansea's ruling council has voted to phase out undergraduate teaching of chemistry. Student union leaders claimed that the decision last week would leave more than 50...
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Water test wins award
Birmingham University's medical school has won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for developing an innovative kit to detect chemical contamination in water. The portable battery-operated Eclox system...
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Library clears shelves
An experiment to discover whether print journals can be permanently replaced by online versions is beginning at York University in a bid to resolve a library space crisis. York library staff have...
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Queen's sonic splash
Queen's University Belfast this week opened a ?4.5 million sonic-arts research centre. The facility, with a 50-member research team of internationally recognised experts in music, electronic...
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The great debate...
Alan Johnson, higher education minister, will be the main speaker at "The 糖心Vlog Bill as Policy and in Practice", a debate being hosted by The Times Higher and the Policy Studies Institute...
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Mobilise anti-terror expertise, RS says
The government is failing to harness the expertise of many academic scientists who could help in the fight against terrorism, the Royal Society has warned. In a report published this week, the...
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Footprint expert finds thieves' Achilles heel
A footprint expert at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh is hot on the heels of criminals with his research into forensic podiatry. William Kerr is one of the few UK specialists who...
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Sector pays tribute to Higgins, champion of access
Tributes were paid this week to Tony Higgins, the first chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and a champion of widening access, who died at the end of last week. Mr...