Sit-in at Rose Bruford
Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama was occupied this week by 100 students demanding an independent inquiry into the "crisis" there. There have been rumours of cuts and a row over three teachers...
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Debt rise despite staff fall
STAFF are being axed across higher education as debt levels continue to rise, an annual financial guide to the sector has revealed. A detailed financial analysis of 158 higher education institutions...
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Drop-out rate worries
THE government is worried about high drop-out rates on some further education courses, further and higher education minister Baroness Blackstone told the Association of Colleges conference held to...
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Lords aim to return bill to Commons
PEERS are to challenge the government head-on by moving to reject Commons amendments to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill when it returns to the Lords on Tuesday. If successful this will send...
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Quality censure for OU
THE Open University has come under fire from quality watchdogs over the way it manages its overseas partnerships. Each faculty at the OU has so much freedom to develop its own links with institutions...
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Scots launch university for industry
SCOTTISH education minister Brian Wilson yesterday unveiled plans for a distinctive Scottish University for Industry, backed by Pounds 1.3 million from the government. The national development agency...
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Rewards helping the green to earn gold
The NERC has indicated that it will reward more collaborative and risk-taking environmental research in the future. Julia Hinde reports The Natural Environment Research Council's first comprehensive...
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View from the Fens Windows
Roger Needham is the man in charge of Microsoft's Cambridge is the man in charge of Microsoft's Cambridge millions. Tony Durham asks how he will spend them Microsoft is not the first computing...
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Chinese plough resources into farming
Updated guidelines for science and technology policy published by China's new Ministry of Science and Technology will direct scientific research in universities and research institutes over the next...
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MP seeks facts on women's raw deal
The drive to increase the number of women researching in science, engineering and technology could soon be given an extra boost as a Labour MP, herself a former scientist, seeks a Commons debate on...
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Bioinformatics push
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have launched the second phase of the bioinformatics initiative. Key priorities...
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Research network call
A call for proposals will be issued this summer by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to establish research networks to identify and investigate speculative emerging areas of...
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Woman engineer prize
The Institute of Incorporated Engineers has begun a search for the 1998 Young Woman Engineer of the year. The winner will get Pounds 1,000 and a silver rose bowl; the runner-up, Pounds 600. An...
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Soap stars in Kew revamp
Research will be the focus of exhibits in the revamped 141-year-old Lakeside building at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London. Curator of the Centre for Economic Botany Hew Prendergast says the...
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Communication awards
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has launched a Pounds 250,000 awards scheme to encourage scientists to communicate their research to the public. Under the "Partnerships for...