DNA to reorder plant classification system
* Ten years of work will culminate next month with the publication of a new classification of the world's flowering plants and trees based on DNA rather than appearance. Mark Chase, head of the...
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Researchers seek annual lifelong review
* An Edinburgh University research team has called for an annual "state of the nation" report on lifelong learning in Scotland. Tom Schuller and Caroline Bamford of Edinburgh's centre for continuing...
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Picture protest against restructuring plans
* An academic at Queen's University Belfast this week returned a framed painting of the university to vice-chancellor George Bain in protest against restructuring plans that could make 100 academics...
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Anti-fee occupation at Queen's broken up
* Security staff were called in last Sunday to end a four-day student protest at Queen's University, Belfast. They evicted students who occupied the main administration block of the campus to demand...
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Most oppose higher tuition fees
* The vast majority of people would oppose plans to increase the proportion of tuition fee paid by undergraduates, says a NOP poll. The survey showed that seven out of ten people backed continued...
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Research 'worth bankruptcy'
European research chiefs visiting London's University College this week were warned that success in Framework programmes risked bringing universities closer to bankruptcy. Opening the two-day UCL...
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Mandelson's recipe for success
Effective and innovative knowledge management is critical to the future success of UK business, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry told academics and business people this week. Speaking at...
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Mr Mandelson to speak at Winning Competitive Advantage through Research and Development conference
Mr Mandelson was expected to spell out to business leaders and scientists the advantages of undertaking research in the UK, and how UK-based research could serve as a springboard to global...
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Don's Diary
Sunday A lovely day and I got some of the beech hedge cut, but most of the day had to be spent reading "key publications' submitted by Dutch universities for their research assessment exercise (I am...
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Agony aunt
Q One of my third-year undergraduates looks certain to fail his degree. The problem is his father is one of the university's most important benefactors. How can I avoid impending disaster? Geoffrey...
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How to ... Stop students dropping out
WHAT Mantz Yorke suggests a radical new approach towards undergraduate curricula to encourage students to maintain their commitment to studying WHY Declines in the amount and quality of tutor-student...
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Labour targets teaching
Education is to remain the government's top priority over the next year, with the spotlight on raising standards in teaching. Plans for the "most far-reaching reforms of the teaching profession for...
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Checks on quality to be tightened after TVU
Standards checks are to be beefed up to give quality and funding chiefs earlier warning of "failing" universities and colleges. The Quality Assurance Agency and the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council...
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Half billion pound boost for NHS
The Department of Health is set to spend almost half a billion pounds on research and development next year, writes Julia Hinde. The majority of the 1999-2000 Pounds 496 million DoH research budget...
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Government angers AUT over lecturer pay
Lecturers have attacked the government's decision to wash its hands of any responsibility in determining higher education pay. The Association of University Teachers is angry at the government's...