Links to business aided by e-courses
E-learning could be a key vehicle for new collaborative arrangements in higher education sought by the government, a conference heard this week. It might also open up markets and help institutions to...
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80% lack faith in UK animal test rules
More than 80 per cent of the general public still suspect that scientific animal experiments are conducted behind closed doors without an official licence, according to a MORI poll published this...
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Light-touch quality regime faces first tough trial at Cambridge
The new quality assurance regime faces a make-or-break test as fiercely independent Cambridge University becomes one of the first institutions to be audited under the light-touch system. Quality...
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CBW detection study
The Royal Society yesterday launched a collaborative study to investigate how the latestscience and technology developments can advance the detection and decontamination of chemical and biological...
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Degree for apprentices
Modern apprentices are being offered the opportunity to take a degree at Thames Valley University. Some 20 modern apprentices who have completed their foundation training and gained national...
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Alumni rise to cash call
Students at the London Business School have raised $30,000 (£19,000) from alumni to create a funding pool that students can use to hone their investment skills. The second-year MBA students hope to...
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Newi forges Oxford link
The North East Wales Institute of ÌÇÐÄVlog has struck a deal with Harris Manchester College, Oxford, to share staff and facilities. The partnership will provide Newi students with study...
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Faster links on trial
Next generation communications technology is being tested by 16 remote-learning centres using two-way satellite communications. The system is intended to connect off-campus and remote distance...
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York casts for lead role
Actress Dame Judi Dench has emerged as the early favourite to replace Dame Janet Baker as chancellor of the University of York. A replacement for opera singer Dame Janet, 69, who has been chancellor...
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Court reverses deportation bid
International students' rights watchdogs have welcomed the "landmark" court victory of a Chinese student threatened with deportation because he worked between courses. According to the UK Council for...
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Queen's puts women in frame
A huge canvas depicting women emerging from the shadows, painted by award-winning artist Michelle Rogers, has been unveiled in the council chamber of Queen's University, Belfast, to mark women's...
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Race-bias claim against AUT dogs Labour official
Labour Party general secretary David Triesman will face renewed accusations of racism after a serial litigant was granted permission by law lords to resurrect his claims against the Association of...
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Still a white man's world
Hefce is increasingly alarmed that only 13.1 per cent of professors are women and just 3.8 per cent are from ethnic minorities. Helen Hague reports The stresses and disappointments of working in...
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Four fall foul of an assist too far
At least four major US universities are embroiled in an athletics scandal on the eve of a national basketball tournament worth $1 billion (£622 million) to participating schools. The schools...
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Countries vie to host first reactor
International negotiations are under way to choose a site for the world's first experimental nuclear fusion reactor. This would harness energy created in the same way that the sun radiates heat and...