Reactionary prize takes off
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and colleagues of Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine, have joined forces to launch an award for gifted engineers. The Whittle Reactionaries Prize...
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Materials girls and boys
Twelve first-year students studying materials science and engineering have won Pounds 1,000 bursaries from the Institute of Materials. The recipients were: Colin Moore (Sheffield University); Daniel...
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Outpost of innovation
With little fanfare and no grand plan, Dundee University has quietly and gradually become a leader in medical research. Olga Wojtas reports A Pounds 5 million teaching hospital cancer unit, a Pounds...
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Cash injection raises people power
The Medical Research Council was the big winner in the spending review. It plans to put its windfall into people, by luring top talent from abroad and providing more training. Julia Hinde reports...
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Fighting sexism
Fewer women than men seek grants and research councils want this to change. But female biomedical scientists are clear about where the difficulty lies At the end of 1997 the Wellcome Trust and the...
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Medical research funding sources
This section lists funds available for researchers. Details for general research funding sources should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL and Department of Health Call...
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Golden hellos fail to lure students
Recruitment to physics teacher training courses starting this year is down by over a third despite the government's plans to give a Pounds 5,000 "golden hello" to each student, writes Alan Thomson....
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Don Foster's speech
Mr Foster also used his speech to attack the government for failing to announce the financial settlement for further education in 2001-02. He said that the sector had been banking on the...
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Colleges 'must get ready for euro'
Universities and colleges must gear up for buying and selling services in the euro even though the new currency will have little immediate impact on their activities, funding chiefs have warned. A...
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Demand for graduates slips
Demand for top-flight graduates will slow this year, forcing many to try for lower level and even non-degree jobs, according to two reports. The Association of Graduate Recruiters this week predicted...
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NUS calls for student complaint watchdog
Vice-chancellors' proposals for dealing with student appeals and complaints have been condemned by the National Union of Students, writes Tony Tysome. NUS leaders are objecting to the Committee of...
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Association of Colleges
The Association of Colleges is urging its members to write to the DFEE to oppose plans to cut the proportion of business representatives on boards from half to one third. In a letter it says: "The...
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Lecturers' leaders may call for strikes
Lecturers will this month discuss whether to prepare for industrial action should employers postpone this year's pay settlement to await the outcome of the Bett inquiry into pay and conditions. A...
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Academic workload troubles the unions
Lawyers are wrestling with the impact of working time regulations on academic staff, following concerns from both unions and employers, writes Harriet Swain. The regulations, which came into effect...
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Cabinet archives hold omens for new Labour
A G. Brown was the second most important minister in the Labour government of 1964-1970, which like today's was conducting rigorous reviews of its spending priorities, trying to reform the House of...