20 per cent cash fillip for smaller institutes
All institutes with fewer than 1,000 students will get up to 20 per cent more cash from the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England from next year. The move is mainly designed to protect the...
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Call to assess technology transfer
University of Southampton vice-chancellor Howard Newby (below) has called for a "technology transfer assessment exercise" to run alongside the research assessment exercise. Professor Newby, former...
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Successful primary course closes
The University of Surrey has closed its primary postgraduate teacher training programme, despite a very good inspection report. A recommendation for closure was accepted by the university council...
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School-based training gets quality warning
Two new school-based teacher training courses in Essex have been given a preliminary warning about poor quality by schools' inspectorate Ofsted. South-East Essex Primary Consortium was given two...
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Union fears transfer spells new contracts
Lecturers' union leaders are worried about arrangements for the transfer of staff contracts from West Hill College to the University of Birmingham. The move is due to take place next year as part of...
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Blind students to get more books in Braille
Students with visual disabilities will be able to read more books in Braille thanks to a Pounds 200,000-a-year government grant. Education secretary David Blunkett said that the money would be paid...
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Anti-Nazi library wins lottery grant
The London-based Wiener Library, the world's oldest institution established to document the Nazi regime and its persecution of the Jews, has been awarded a Pounds 250,000 grant by the Heritage...
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German giant moves lab to Southampton
Merck, the German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant, is relocating its research and development facilities from Poole to Southampton University to forge closer links with the university's...
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New group will lure vets into research
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the UK Veterinary Schools have set up a group to promote veterinary research. Last year the Selbourne...
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Worries over Scots engineering applicants
Scottish higher education institutions are facing a "worrying" downward trend in the quality of applications for engineering degree courses, according to the Committee of Scottish ÌÇÐÄVlog...
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Internet
Every week, THESIS , The THES internet service, offers job advertisements and a summary of the news, features, reviews and other articles in the newspaper. Job advertisements are updated on the...
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Decline in researching dons
More than two thirds of university academics are required to teach. Figures released last week by Parliament show the percentage of university academics who engage purely in research was 34.4 per...
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Bombing 'wrong way to topple Saddam'
Academics have criticised the bombing of Iraq by Britain and the United States. They say that the action could escalate, it will fail to destroy Saddam Hussein's regime and that there are better...
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Caledonian is guilty of bullying
A hard-hitting report has cleared Glasgow Caledonian University of academic malpractice and falsifying examination results, but has uncovered serious academic lapses and management bullying and...
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Hogmanay kiss mixes emotions
Wanseo Koo's introduction to the traditional British Christmas dinner was a festive Yorkshire pudding. Mr Koo, a Heriot-Watt student from South Korea, spent Christmas with friends whose oven broke...