Labour lashes research policy
The Labour Party has warned that quality research is suffering under short-term policies. Speaking in a recent Parliamentary debate on science and technology, John Battle, then shadow science...
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Lecturers' merger move afoot
The Association of University Teachers put forward proposals for a joint membership scheme with lecturers' union Natfhe this week in what is seen as the first step towards a single union for higher...
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Mary Robinson, president of Ireland
(Photograph) - Irish precedent: Mary Robinson, president of Ireland, gave a lecture at the London School of Economics. on her recent visit to Britain where she met the Queen. She spoke on "Academic...
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Financiers meet their match
Universities wishing to meet private financiers to share mutual interests will be able to register with a higher education "dating agency" by next January. The funding councils, keen to push the...
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Mergers will cut colleges by third
Accountants reckon that one third of colleges could be lost over the next three years as mergers gather pace because of greater competition for students and the financial straits some colleges find...
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New cancer chief
The Cancer Research Campaign is soon to have a new director-general, Gordon McVie. Professor McVie, 50, will be the first scientist in the post. He is now scientific director at the charity, which...
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Medics merger
The private bill to merge Queen Mary and Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, and the Royal London Hospital College was this week passed by the House of Lords and is expected...
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Labour sparks FE row
A Labour Government would devolve further education funding and policy decisions to new regional councils, it emerged this week. Much of the power currently vested in the Further Education Funding...
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Bridge over campus causes trouble
A controversial road bridge, which has been criticised by English Heritage and the Royal Fine Art Commission, has troubled the waters at Brayford Pool, site of Humberside University's new Lincoln...
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The moral maze of genetic knowledge
The "right" to know about one's health has dominated discussions about the ethics of genetic screening, a conference will hear tomorrow. But the "right not to know" has received little attention,...
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Entente cordiale
The private sector is backing a new Anglo-French scholarship scheme to the tune of Pounds 2.5 million over five years. About 20 British and French companies, including British Airways and Pernod...
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Slick film
A project which uses the latest telecommunications technology to improve pollution control in the North Sea oil industry is the first winner of the Pounds 25,000 Enterprise Oil and Heriot-Watt...
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Technology transfer
Ian Dalton, director of Heriot-Watt University research park since 1971, has been appointed managing director of Edinburgh University's flagship technology transfer project, the Edinburgh Technopole...
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Internet News
A new batch of teaching quality ratings are added this week to The THES research and teaching quality tables (page29 and THESIS Databank). Also online is the Synthesis report on Universities and...
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Excellent bonanza for 'old' universities
Old universities dominate the "excellent" ratings in the latest round of teaching assessments published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, writes Claire Sanders. In the seven...