Birkbeck board backs axe for physics
THE ACADEMIC Board at Birkbeck College has recommended the closure of the institution's physics department by the end of this academic year and its transfer to neighbouring University College. A...
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CBI: don't divert funds to primary schools
Widely mooted plans to redirect education budget funds from higher education into primary education would not be supported by business, the Confederation of British Industry said this week. Launching...
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CVCP: collaborate or be squeezed
THE Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals is calling for an expansion in university research collaboration projects in order to offset the funding squeeze. In a similar move, Scotland's degree...
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Dearing to boost arts research
Sir Ron Dearing's inquiry into higher education is likely to recommend the creation of a humanities and arts research council when it reports later this year. The Dearing research working group is...
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Dolly's big hello to transgenics
Improved transgenic organs for transplant from animals to humans may result from controversial cloning experiments currently under way. Researchers at the Roslin Institute and PPL Therapeutics in...
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NUS plans fees upset
The National Union of Students will step up its anti-tuition fees campaign to keep the issue on the pre-election agenda, it emerged this week, writes Phil Baty Student union presidents at this week's...
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Newport convention
It had to happen. Bryan Davies, Labour's further and higher education spokesman and Alan Howarth, floor-crossing former Tory minister for same, are running against each other for the same...
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My mate David
Alumnus to be proud of No. 91 is determined to leave no stone unturned in his bid to become the archetypal eccentric scientist. David Bellamy, the much-loved hirsute expert on things that live under...
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All hail Noel
The unholy trinity of Lewis Wolpert, Richard Dawkins and Peter Atkins has been challenged by a retired consultant psychiatrist from Manchester, Noel Curran, aged 80, to "defend their absolute...
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Shucks, SHEFC
One name among the first eight board members of the new quality assurance agency, that of Sir Ronald Miller, is causing puzzlement in Scotland. Sir Ronald, who chaired the review of Scottish quality...
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The dating game
May 1, June, or is it July? These significant dates are likely to have been pencilled into the academic calendar, rather than marked in indelible ink. The first, still the best bet for the General...
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Province lobbies to get its research millions back
Northern Ireland's two universities are lobbying industry to support their fight for a restoration of Pounds 4 million research funding. The special regional development funding has been clawed back...
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Marjorie Mowlam
Shadow secretary of state Marjorie Mowlam has pledged to review the stalled "peace line" university project as a matter of priority after the general election, writes Noel Mcadam. But in private...
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'Nous' test faces test of credibility
The launch next month of the Graduate Employability Test will meet with much scepticism from educationists, higher education careers services and graduate employers, it has emerged. The test's...
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Great scientist: this is your life
THE WORLD's greatest scientific thinkers are being given the chance to address posterity via a video archive. Exhaustive, unedited interviews about their life and work have already been recorded with...