Oz inquiry into campus waste
Some of Australia's leading universities are being investigated for possible waste of resources arising from academics undertaking outside paid work, writes Julia Hinde. The Audit Office of New South...
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The THES Diary
It's not my party Alan Johns, president of university and college lecturers' union Natfhe, was all charm at a recent Natfhe parliamentary reception when he particularly singled out the Liberal...
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Cutting edge
The plight of boxer Michael Watson has highlighted the need for professional sports to monitor injury frequency and treatment. Euro 2000 qualifier: the predicted outcome is Scotland 5 - England 4. It...
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Pounds 11 million for Oxon spin-offs
Oxford colleges have created a fund to finance home-grown innovations. Kam Patel reports A good sign: research at Opsys Oxford University last week made a concerted effort to boost its links with...
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Natfhe to accept employers' revised pay offer
Natfhe has agreed to accept the employers' revised pay offer, which involves setting up working groups on sex discrimination and casualisation with an agreed timetable for action.
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Don's Diary
Thursday An orderly week ahead. Drive to Cambridge to examine a doctorate and then scout tour-sites for next week's "Robin Hood" conference in Nottingham. Friday Disorder looms. According to...
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Ministers accused of cover-up
The government was this week accused of suppressing a survey it commissioned that threatened to wreck its plans to scrap student maintenance grants and introduce undergraduate tuition fees. Liberal...
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Wellcome talks of home for X-ray source
The Wellcome Trust's board of governors met on Wednesday to discuss the siting of the United Kingdom's Pounds 200 million X-ray source for biomedical and physical sciences research. The trust, which...
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University chemists get poor pickings
Chemical companies are "acutely concerned" about the government's under-investment in university infrastructure support, according to a survey of 67 top firms by the Chemical Industries Association....
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Irish cross-border study centre opens
The Centre for Cross Border Studies opened in Armagh this week as a joint initiative between Queen's University, Belfast, Dublin City University and the Workers Educational Association. The European...
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Farming students wise up to wildlife threat
Agricultural students are learning about farmland wildlife as a result of a partnership between the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the land-based colleges' national consortium. The two...
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Welsh to offer a taste of school maths
A taster course in secondary school maths teaching for prospective PGCE students is planned by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and the Open University. Called "open distance learning",...
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OU Scotland urges part-time support
Financial support should be reinstated for part-time as well as full-time students, the Open University in Scotland has told the Cubie committee. Peter Syme, director of the OU in Scotland, said: "We...
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Business gurus 'need UK think-tank'
Britain needs a virtual centre for management excellence that draws on business school experts in order to keep up with global competitors, the Council for Industry and ÌÇÐÄVlog said this...
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Verona
Italy's supreme court is reported to have judged that 22 foreign-language lettori at the University of Verona were unfairly sacked from their jobs by rector Mario Marigo three years ago. They refused...