Kent University lost in space
The University of Kent has lost a team of space scientists to the Open University. Four senior scientists - Tony McDonnell, John Zarnecki, Simon Green and Neil McBride - will join Colin Pillinger's...
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Quality system open to abuse, critics claim
Critics fear that watchdogs will strike secret deals with elite universities that will invalidate reports under the new quality framework. Variations in the "intensity of scrutiny" of inspections...
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Links with employers rewarded
New ways to improve links between universities and employers have been rewarded under the Department for Education and Employment's Higher Education Innovations Fund, worth Pounds 8 million. Baroness...
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Economic focus for Welsh review
A wide-ranging review of higher education in Wales is to be launched by the Welsh Assembly. The move has been hailed by Steve Martin, the new chief executive of the Welsh funding councils for further...
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Schools and colleges vie for share of post-16 pot
A battle loomed this week for a share of about Pounds 6 billion earmarked for post-16 education and training as colleges, schools and training providers responded to the plans for learning and skills...
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Natfhe claims pay deal victory at Derby
Union leaders have called off an academic boycott and threatened industrial action at Derby University after managers agreed to increase pay to nationally agreed rates, writes Tony Tysome. The...
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'Posh' people urged to get hands dirty
Universities need to change their attitude towards vocational training if Britain is to overcome skills shortages, college leaders warned this week, Jennifer Currie writes. Speaking at the new...
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Belfast case of Crown v Q
Plans by Queen's University, Belfast, to drop Queen Victoria's crown from its 90-year-old logo have drawn unionist fire. The new logo, a large letter Q, will help distinguish Queen's in a competitive...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to: research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
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Study of mind/body link in all traumas
Coffee-room chats between two Aberdeen University professors have led to pioneering research that suggests a crucial link between the mind and body in recovery from injury. David Alexander, professor...
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Past shows how to treat mental illness
Research by a Scottish historian could help psychologists and psychiatrists to gain a better understanding of mental illness. Rab Houston, professor of early modern history at St Andrews University,...
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When should animals suffer?
Declan Mulkeen and Simon Carter report on a survey of public opinions on animal testing We are often told that public opinion is shifting steadily against research that uses animals. But few studies...
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Cutting edge
Research to determine the layout of the molecular energy landscape may provide answers to key problems in the life sciences It is a perennial problem; you stick your favourite poster to the wall only...
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Early learning for docs
A London teaching hospital is sending its trainee medics back to primary school. Claire Sanders learns why training doctors is child's play The walls of Mary Seabrook's office in the heart of Guy's,...
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Star Turn
Scripting lectures like a playwright has won him accolades, such as Australian lecturer of the year, but the best prize has been motivated students. Julia Hinde reports It is graduation day at the...