Grants
KINGS COLLEGE, LONDON Charities Dr L. C. Mahadevan, Pounds 92,150 from the Wellcome Trust (analysis of chromatin-associated signalling responses concomitant with immediate-early (IE) gene activation...
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Fellowships
GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. Honorary fellowships have been conferred upon: Philip Harris, chairman and chief executive of Carpetright Group; Andy Hawkins, former leader of Lewisham Council. CITY...
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Events
LOWERING THE DRAWBRIDGE. The National Association for Fine Art Education's 1995 Conference will be hosted by Nottingham Trent University on November 23-24. It will explore how quality in fine art...
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Chairs
QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE LONDON. P. W. A. Hamilton, professor at the University of Southampton, has been appointed to the chair of English; Edmund Robinson, reader at the University of Sussex...
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Awards
CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. Cracow University has presented its 50th Anniversary Gold Medal to John Bale, dean of the faculty of design and the built environment and Willmott Dixon professor of...
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Appointments
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has appointed the following governors: Charles Bean, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE;...
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Student votes urged
A campaign to encourage students to register to vote was launched this week, headed by the National Union of Students West Midlands Area. More than two million young people were not registered at the...
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Fraser fingered
Sir William Fraser, former vice chancellor of Glasgow University, could head the joint planning group that will seek to establish a single body for quality in higher education. His name has been...
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Millions are lost on contract research
Higher education is losing out on millions of pounds in income because universities fail to achieve full-cost recovery when undertaking contract research work for industry, government departments and...
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Autonomy battle for Eire
The Irish government faces parliamentary defeat over proposals for legislation seen to limit university autonomy, even though the details of the Bill have not yet been officially published. A vote on...
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Voice of God?
Nine years on from the "hand of God" incident in the 1986 World Cup, Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona won cheers instead of boos from an English audience as the Oxford Union heard a 35-minute...
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Hospital site could be just what the LSE ordered
The London School of Economics will be seeking Government assurances on funding before taking up an approach as possible future occupant of the contentious St Bartholomew's Hospital site. The LSE was...
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Banks may underwrite new loans
The Government is to float proposals for a new student loans scheme involving the banks and building societies. Department for Education and Employment officials are expected to table plans in the...
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AUT calls for accreditation
The Association of University Teachers is calling for universities to follow the example of professions such as accountancy, law and architecture by introducing formal and compulsory accredited...
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Sir Tim Lankester appointed director of the School of Oriental and African Studies
(Photograph) - Sir Tim Lankester has been appointed director of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, just two weeks after losing a tussle to remain permanent secretary of the...