Campus freedom the loser in 2001
Academic freedom suffered numerous violations around the globe during 2001, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch. "Oppressive governments punished academics for exercising their right...
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Red tape over animal research is 'embarrassing'
British researchers are going to the United States to carry out animal experiments to avoid delays caused by public sensitivity and official bureaucracy. Clive Page, of King's College London's...
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Delay spares QAA a review
The Cabinet Office inquiry into university bureaucracy is likely to come too late to affect the shape of the Quality Assurance Agency, writes Phil Baty. A senior QAA source said that a delay by the...
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UK 'poor relation' in academic pay
UK academics are among the poorest in the developed world, according to a study by lecturers' union Natfhe. They earn on average £50,000 a year less in pay and benefits than their counterparts in...
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Science journal deal for library
British Library readers will now have instant access to more than 1,000 Elsevier Science journals. The two organisations have signed a three-year contract allowing readers at St Pancras, and more...
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Whistleblowers: LSE settles in freedom vs contract funding row
The London School of Economics has agreed an out-of-court settlement with a former researcher after a row over his academic freedom and the commercialisation of university research. On the eve of a...
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Defra seeks to glean science ideas
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is asking the scientific community for ideas about what it should be researching. Lord Whitty, Defra science minister, launched the department's...
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Excluded bodies in copying protest
A second wave of complaints about photocopying licensing hit the Copyright Licensing Agency as it delivered its new agreement for higher education this week. Independent organisations not represented...
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Old values edged out as elitism displaced
Universities may be failing to teach social values in the face of a rapidly changing higher education system and economy, vice-chancellors have warned. Speakers at next week's Church of England...
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Scots top poll
Scottish graduates are earning more than their English and Welsh counterparts and are more likely to be in jobs they are trained for, a Warwick University study has revealed. Peter Elias and Kate...
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UK woos able migrants
The British government's attitude towards immigrants, especially those with badly needed skills, has undergone major changes in recent years, according to a report, International Mobility of the...
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Finance assumes a friendly manner
Robert Gordon University has revamped its finance and procurement directorate with the help of business advisers Deloitte & Touche in a bid to make it more user friendly to academics. The...
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Do not feed the dragons
Moves to stop goats being fed to wild komodo dragons for the entertainment of tourists have caused hardship to local people. Research by Matthew Walpole, a research associate at the Durrell Institute...
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Lemurs set for space work
In 1961, a chimpanzee called Enos was the first primate to orbit the earth. Some 40 years later, a team of scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology is...
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Nervy UK waits for VAT ruling
A case being investigated by the European Court of Justice could have crippling effects on British science. The advocate general, an officer of the court, has challenged Germany's value-added tax...