Hodge trip to China elitist, say angry v-cs
Vice-chancellors have accused higher education minister Margaret Hodge of doing "enormous damage" to the international reputation of British higher education, following reports that she was promoting...
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Euro rivals outpace UK in campus growth
Student numbers grew more rapidly in the UK in the final 25 years of the 20th century than the average for all European Union countries - but not as fast as in Greece, Ireland, Spain or Portugal,...
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Intel opens laboratory
Computer processor giant Intel this week opened a laboratory in the William Gates Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University. The laboratory will concentrate on networking systems and software...
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Whistleblowers: Problem with petition
A former medical student has accused the Privy Council of trying to ignore his complaints against Sheffield University, where he spent ten years attempting to qualify as a doctor. Sushant Varma...
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Whistleblowers: Visitor admits failings
The number of students complaining about their universities to the Privy Council has rocketed sixfold in the past five years, but the council has admitted it can provide only "amateur justice". Alex...
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Centre space fills up
Loughborough Innovation Centre is celebrating filling its incubator space less than six months after opening. The centre was funded by £750,000 from the East Midlands Development Agency and donations...
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Funding allocations: Winners and losers in research cash stakes
Alison Goddard analyses the results of funding allocations for 2003-04. Some 20,000 university researchers will see cash siphoned from their departments to top up world-class research. Funding for...
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Funding allocations: Extra money provides welcome boost
The funding allocations mean that many universities will be better off in 2003-04 than in previous years. There is an average 2.2 per cent funding rise in real terms, after taking into account the...
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Funding allocations: UUK tells of threat to clinical sciences
Claire Sanders looks at the effect of the funding allocations on medical schools. Nearly two-thirds of community- based clinical research will be hit by cuts to departments rated 4 or below in the...
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Findings: Think of drink, memory sinks
Ever woken up the morning after a night out drinking and wondered how you got home? According to scientists from New Zealand, alcohol may not even be required - the mere suggestion that you've had a...
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Findings: Surgical use found for gas
Forty per cent of heart-bypass patients may suffer continued cognitive decline as a result of the surgery over a period of five years, writes Natasha Gilbert. Now, a collaboration of UK and US...
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£285m kick-starts Manchester merger
Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology secured an extra £80 million this week, paving the way for the UK's biggest higher education merger. The...
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Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15/04/2003
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Environmental Mathematics and Statistics Programme
Deadline: 16/05/2003
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International Senior Research Fellowships (Central and Eastern Europe)
Deadline: 15/05/2003