Campus opens techno shop
Heriot-Watt University has forged a permanent link with the company MJN Technology to supply computers to students at huge discounts. The official launch of the scheme follows a five-month trial, and...
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Staff invited to clean up on courses
Cleaners, caretakers, clerks and receptionists at Oxford Brookes University have been invited to join a "return to learn" initiative set up with Unison, Britain's largest trade union. The project is...
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California here we come
The Department of Trade and Industry is to help British universities develop research partnerships with firms and institutions in the United States. An event in California is being planned for May by...
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Luton plays safe with symposium
The University of Luton is officially launching its centre for the study of crime with a symposium on creating safer communities. The Centre for the Study of Crime, Neighbourhood and Social Change...
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Physics maintains magnetism
Physics lecturers are not all greying over-50s with retirement just around the corner, a new survey reveals. On the contrary, departments are recruiting young blood at a higher rate than at any time...
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TTA is an 'insult' to the profession, Dearing told
Teacher training has emerged as a hot election issue The Teacher Training Agency is "unable to say 'no' to the Government" and is "insulting" to educationists, the Standing Committee for the...
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IVF doctor says she was 'forced out'
A doctor has resigned from St George's Hospital Medical School claiming constructive dismissal a year to the day after a new professor was brought in to bring research excellence to its obstetrics...
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Scots trio to fight bill for reactor
Three leading Scottish universities are fighting a bill of more than Pounds 3 million to decommission a nuclear reactor set up through a Government initiative. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Strathclyde...
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Boom times for barristers
Recruitment for new barristers' vocational courses beginning later this year has been buoyant, in sharp contrast to training courses for solicitors, many of which are struggling to fill places. The...
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Supremo in science plea
Sir William Stewart, former chief scientific adviser to the Cabinet Office, has called for a full-time Scottish chief scientific adviser "with clout" to ensure that science and technology north of...
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Colleges urged to seek partners
FURTHER education colleges hold the key to attracting foreign companies to the United Kingdom and should join local and regional partnerships to boost inward investment, according to business experts...
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FEDA calls on colleges to develop clearer strategies on careers
FEDA has called on colleges to develop clearer strategies on careers guidance amid fears that much of the existing provision is inadequate. The agency warns that failure to improve such guidance...
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Climate research 'heads for forced landing'
Britain could lose a key tool in its quest to improve understanding of global climate change, a House of Commons committee has warned. In its latest report on the Natural Environment Research Council...
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Top scientist attacks MAFF cuts
THE HEALTH of Britain's science base is being threatened as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food slashes its funding for research institutes, a leading scientist has warned. Ray Baker,...
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Industry highlights science malaise
MAJOR participants in the British pharmaceutical industry have signed a pre-election manifesto in an attempt to reverse declining standards in research. At least ten influential organisations...