Excellence in teaching must have prizes
A Pounds 30 million fund is to be created to encourage better teaching in universities, says Bahram Bekhradnia (below). But the scheme is unlikely to generate real change, says Lewis Elton (far right...
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Star lecturer
Tony Tysome watches eminent conductor Sir Simon Rattle charm an orchestra as he leads it through a masterclass. It is not quite the usual 10.30am lecture. The students are all there long before it...
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Money for teaching
A FUND of about Pounds 30 million is to be set aside by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to reward excellent teaching. The bonus cash, which is likely to be of particular benefit to...
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Vote-rigging in Ulster
In the week of the Northern Ireland's historic assembly poll an electoral court has declared student union elections at Queen's invalid after widespread evidence of multiple voting. The extent of...
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Five alive
(Photograph) - Manchester University's Whitworth Art Gallery, exhibiting Sean Skully's painting Backcloth, was one of five university museums added this week to the Museum and Galleries Commission's...
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AoC cool on sleaze squeeze
Colleges have given only a tepid welcome to the government's plans to halt sleaze in the sector. Responding to the government's consultation paper, Accountability in Further Education, the...
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Fifth business carries into conciliation
European Union research ministers have voted to begin a conciliation process over the Framework V Programme budget before the summer. The move follows the European Parliament's decision to dismiss a...
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'Substantial' progress on Foresight
The government this week published its first report on the progress of UK government departments in becoming involved with Foresight, the UK initiative to identify and exploit future key areas of...
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Endowment clears parliamentary hurdles
The chairman and trustees of the new National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts are expected to be announced in the next few weeks as the fund to support scientists and artists this week...
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Commons to investigate British Biotech crisis
The recent crisis at British Biotech, the Oxford biotechnology company accused of failing to disclose worrying developments with its drugs programme, will be the focus of a House of Commons Science...
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Kennedy to lead inquiry into Bristol deaths
Ian Kennedy, professor of health law, ethics and policy at University College, London, will chair the government's public inquiry into children's heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Earlier...
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Swansea institute to join University of Wales
Swansea Institute of Higher Education is to continue as an independent institution but seek membership of the University of Wales after a review of its future. The decision, made by governors this...
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Exeter email leads to libel suit
The former director of the foreign language centre at Exeter University is suing the university for libel following the posting of an email on the Internet concerning his departure from the...
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Burn this
(Photograph) - Members of Leeds University Association of University Teachers protested against the 'sacking' of three philosophy lecturers on fixed-term contracts. The three are a cause celebre in...
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University life is a happy one
Most independent school-leavers who go on to university feel happy with university life and believe that they have chosen the right institution and the right course, a survey conducted by the...