Mountain bikes do not live up to tough image
Mountain bikes may look good but not all meet the demands of rough terrain cycling, according to research by safety specialists at Nottingham University. Commissioned by the Department of Trade and...
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GNVQ students eye universities
University admissions tutors are this year facing a tenfold increase in the number of applicants with vocational A levels, according to statistics released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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Snags appear over franchises
Colleges are crying out for guidance in the wake of the Handsworth College report. Alison Utley reports "The rapid growth has taxed the college's ability to manage and control the effective delivery...
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Face copier promises more puppet reality
The facial expressions of puppets could be much more lifelike as a result of work by a final-year design student at Loughborough University. Richard Widgery has developed a contraption which fits to...
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External examiner reform
The Higher Education Quality Council is consulting universities on fundamental reform of the external examiner system - reform the council argues is vital if the system is to be of any value in the...
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Ready to be Charlie Chaplains
(Photograph) - Ready to be Charlie Chaplains: Mike Harrison (right), Anglican chaplain, and Father Ian Smith (left), Catholic chaplain to the University of Bradford, are willing to make a splash to...
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Agriculture college principal to leave
A college principal suspended six months ago is to leave his college following complaints about his "aggressive" management style. Barry Gimbert, aged 48, of Cannington Agricultural College,...
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Scientists patently poor at capitalising on new ideas
A decade of Government policy aimed at helping university scientists to become more adept at commercial exploitation of their work has failed to improve their knowledge and expertise in the use of...
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Certificate offer does not pay
There is no money to be made by former polytechnics selling university-style certificates to their alumni, the pioneers of the scheme have concluded. Middlesex invested Pounds 35,000 in setting up...
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Sheffield gets double honours
The two most senior post-holders at Sheffield Hallam University emerged with honours in the Queen's Birthday list, which saw a host of awards for services to further and higher education. Sheffield...
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Scots institutions under threat
Higher education funding pressures are now so severe that some Scottish institutions may not survive, the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has warned. In its submission to this year'...
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Oxbridge dominates Warwick fellowships
A third of Warwick University's new research fellowships have been given to rising stars at Oxford and Cambridge. Warwick, which launched its ambitious Pounds 10 million research fellowship...
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College evicts theatre company
At the end of next month the Soho Theatre Company will make a final exit from London's Cockpit Theatre, its home for the past four years, after a bitter row with landlords The City of Westminster...
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Safety blame set to get personal
A Health and Safety Executive crackdown on safety in universities will aim at pinning responsibility on individuals, the HSE said last week. The executive is visiting all universities over the next...
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Government passes research costs buck
A House of Lords call for the Government to thrash out with universities a method of ensuring that institutions recover the full cost of taking on research work from Government departments has been...