Silicon Fen faces Oxford challenge
Oxford University is challenging Cambridge's claim to be Britain's leading centre for high technology industry. A new report from Cambridge found that Oxfordshire's 730 high-tech companies employ 26,...
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Oxford's poor relations benefit from rich
Three Oxford colleges have received a total of Pounds 1,820,000 in extra money from the College Contributions Fund, which redistributes cash between the university's richer and poorer colleges....
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Physics job losses reflect subject crisis
Undergraduate physics was dealt another blow this week as Manchester Metropolitan University decided to scrap its degree course with the loss of 14 jobs. "The news came out of the blue," said John...
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Rival pay wish lists vie for Bett's attention
Submissions to the Independent Review Committee on pay and conditions for higher education staff, recommended by Dearing and chaired by Sir Michael Bett, were due in this week. The committee will...
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Legal bills called to account
IT IS unacceptable that universities spend hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money on legal fees to fight student and staff disputes without proper accountability, the Campaign for Academic...
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European Space Agency and the European Union collaboration
The European Space Agency and the European Union this week agreed a resolution on greater collaboration. They agreed to work more closely in telecommunications, navigation and Earth observation.
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Getting ahead
Bolton Institute was celebrating a campaign success this week - in headgear rather than university status. Having bombarded Department for Education and Employment ministers, officials and press...
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Pulp friction
The Age of Open Government no 1: Black Rod and the Clerk of the Parliaments have finally apologised to Lady Dainton, widow of Lord Fred, formerly vice-chancellor of Nottingham University and chair of...
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Hancock's half-support
The Age of Open Government No 2: Governors at Portsmouth University have been rather economical with the truth in responding to local MP Mike Hancock's call for a chancellor's court to investigate...
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Numbers up
The Age of Open Government No 3: One day Scottish office minister Brian Wilson openly declared a fall in English applications to Scottish universities, from 34,5 in 1997 to 33,081 this year. A day...
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Placard waiving
There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that the Association of University Teachers is secretly thrilled by the government's refusal to waive fourth-year tuition fees for non-Scots who opt to do a...
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Party's over
And a time check for the AUT from Tory peer and former Scottish education minister Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish during the House of Lords revolt on the Scottish anomaly. According to Lord MacKay, "...
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Not n-ice
Chris Smith was duffed up quite badly in the House of Commons culture committee report on his department. The minutes of his grilling give a flavour of how seriously the committee took the probe. Mr...
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Traveller's tale
Son of a Conservative MP, son-in-law of the chamberlain to the former Shah of Iran, Peter Temple-Morris, who recently completed his journey across the House of Commons by joining the Labour Party is...
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ULU lottery grant to be paid back
THE University of London will have to repay nearly Pounds 200,000 of National Lottery grant and possibly part of any profits made in the Pounds 2.5 million sale of a student sports ground to Fulham...