UK keeps close eye on Sars hotspots
Preparations were being made this week for any possible evacuation of hundreds of British students and academics from universities in China. Many Chinese campuses have closed to contain the spread of...
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Gaborone
Festus Mogae, Botswana's president and university chancellor, has appointed Bojosi Khebetu Otlhogile vice-chancellor of the country's only university for a three-year term. He succeeds US academic...
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Brussels
The unclear legal situation surrounding genetically modified products in Europe is the cause of an 80 per cent drop in the number of field-based trials of GM crops in the European Union, a European...
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Thumbs down for £9K hellos
Plans to pay "golden hellos" of up to £9,000 to new lecturers in shortage subjects from next year will not solve the recruitment crisis and could lead to an explosion in employment disputes,...
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In the news: Philip James
For a man charged with tackling obesity, Philip James has clearly not lost sight of the joy of food, writes Claire Sanders. The chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce lists one of his...
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Appointments
Lord Butler, master of University College, Oxford, secretary of the cabinet and head of the home civil service between 1988 and 1998, and Lord Morris, chancellor of the University of Glamorgan and...
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Business bid to steer courses
Employers and politicians want universities to play a greater role in economic growth - but at what cost? Employers are calling for universities to be harnessed to local, regional and national...
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NorthWest Science: A meeting of minds on a single mission
Northwest Science is a model of best practice, according to the Council for Industry and ÌÇÐÄVlog, drawing together businesses and economic development organisations with academic communities...
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Investor's search for prospects pays off for Edinburgh start-ups
A chance remark from a Scottish businessman to a banking colleague has led to a better deal for new companies formed to exploit research at the University of Edinburgh. Geoffrey Thomson, chief...
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Next week
Reassessment Panel chairs turn on research assessment exercise Bush babble Alan Cienti looks at the US president's unusual use of language London's Leonardo The life and work of Robert Hooke reviewed...
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Call for access aid
Universities should get cash to teach potential students how to access grants, according to a report published this week. The recommendation - intended to attract students from poor backgrounds - was...
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US fees jump by a quarter
American public and private universities are raising their tuition fees for the coming year by as much as 25 per cent - more than 17 times the rate of inflation. The increases inspired one member of...
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Students help save forests in Lebanon
Specialists and students from two Lebanese universities joined international experts in saving Lebanon's historic cedar woodlands from a newly discovered species of parasitic wasp. Lebanon's...
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Monash to set up an e-press
Australia's Monash University is establishing an electronic press to publish journals and other academic resources online in competition with commercial publishers. Melbourne-based Monash said the e-...
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Striking lecturers call for rise in budget in Nigeria
Nigeria's 37 state universities have remained closed since the start of 2003 as a result of industrial action by the 12,000-member Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union is angry over the...