To publish or perish?
How can journal editors keep lethal research out of the hands of terrorists? Donald Kennedy reports C. P. Snow, in a series of splendid novels, explored the cultural gulf between the sciences and the...
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Paper casts the regions adrift
United Kingdom? Not according to the proposals advanced in the white paper, says Gerry McKenna The white paper signals the break-up of higher education in the UK. The proposals represent the de facto...
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Fifty schools await fate in elite standoff
The fate of 50 departments in a dozen universities hangs on the resolution of a standoff between ministers and their higher education advisers on how to select a new research elite. Last month's...
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Poaching of researchers forecast in 6* scramble
Leading research universities could start poaching promising departments from weaker institutions to secure the 6* research rating, according to analysis of the higher education white paper. Business...
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Anthropologist takes the plunge
As a Moscow University anthropology graduate, Russian model Inna Zobova had impeccable academic credentials to lecture at Rome's La Sapienza University. The black diaphanous blouse she wore to...
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In the news: Peter Forster
When Peter Forster started compiling the world's most comprehensive database matching mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to geography, people laughed when he said he could tell from their saliva what their...
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Appointments
Gerald Pillay , executive head of the school of liberal arts at the University of Otago, New Zealand, has been appointed rector and chief executive of Liverpool Hope University College from September...
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Colleges to join top-up crowd
Nine out of ten universities and colleges plan to charge the full £3,000 a year fee for courses from 2006, curbing student choice and threatening the government's higher education and financial plans...
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Oxford urged to snub extra fees
Oxford University should not charge any of the £1,900 top-up fee to avoid the rigours of the access regulator, some academics have argued. An article in Oxford Magazine , a debating forum, says: "The...
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Next week
Missing millions How virtual university lost European cash Campus violence The students who terrorise their lecturers Plus : Daniel Dennett tells Laurie Taylor how evolution sets you free Textbook...
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Clarke 'confused' on grants
The government has been accused of failing to do its sums and causing "utter confusion" over the new student grant after education secretary Charles Clarke confirmed that its plans would need to be...
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Hefce is urged to retune music
Music conservatoire heads have called on the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England to coordinate efforts to widen access to their courses. The plea comes in response to a report published last...
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Edinburgh tries to drop elite tag
Edinburgh University is to combat its elitist image with an institution-wide admissions policy that will take into account more than just examination results. Edinburgh has pledged to make its...
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Adoption of 'university' title by teaching-only
Awarding the prestigious "university" title to teaching-only institutions would be disastrous to Britain's position in the international market, vice-chancellors and lecturers' leaders have warned,...
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NUS warns of pitfalls of commission-based job schemes
Student leaders have urged students to make sure they read the small print before signing up to the many jobs and schemes that promise to alleviate debt. The warning came as students were invited to...