We have lift-off
Only a couple of weeks after Roger Bonnet, head of the European Space Agency's science programme, claimed that Britain wanted a "20 to 50 per cent" cut in the funding of space research; the British...
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Sheffield steel
The barricades will be going up along the Eccleshall Road as Sheffield's two universities prepare to slug it out for the chairmanship of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Nominations...
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Information
There is now an opportunity to include more listings in Noticeboard and on the new Internet listings service NetGazette. The newspaper version of Noticeboard will continue to focus on the UK with the...
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How do you moo?
And hello to the director of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust, Mr Bullock.
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Thames Valley turns IT results around
The fifth unsatisfactory rating awarded so far by the Higher Education Funding Council for England's quality assessors has gone to Thames Valley University's computing degrees, but a follow-up visit...
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No pattern to sex studies
Sex education for young people can currently be described as "knitting without a pattern", according to London University researchers. A team from the social science research unit at the Institute of...
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Nurses to the rescue
Amid continuing concern over the need to reduce junior doctors' hours, Buckinghamshire College has launched a course to allow nurses to do some of the work currently done by doctors. Buckinghamshire...
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Anchors aweigh
(Photograph) - Administrative staff work under giant umbrellas in the nautical-style business school building on the newly inaugurated St Peter's campus at Sunderland University on the banks of the...
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Greenwich eyes hospital site
Greenwich University could take over the old Greenwich Hospital site currently occupied by the Royal Naval College if a multi-million pound bid to the Ministry of Defence is successful. The...
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V-cs push for further expansion
Vice chancellors are ready to reaffirm their support for renewed university expansion in their submission to the Department for Education's review of higher education. The council of the Committee of...
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Readers wary of assessment by funders
Readers of The THES are chary about quality systems that involve funders in the quality process, according to responses to our question last week. Margaret Rooney, senior lecturer in quality...
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Engineers rethink pre-entry structure
The Engineering Council's wide-ranging proposals to revamp the educational preparation for engineers focus on new standards of professional competence and commitment. A feature of the proposals is...
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HEFCE cuts two off risk list
Two universities are due to come off the Higher Education Funding Council for England's at-risk list this week, a House of Commons committee has been told. Graeme Davies, chief executive of HEFCE,...
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Firm friends
The Confederation of British Industry this week claimed that UK companies are benefitting from closer links with universities. Director-general Howard Davies identified four areas where British...
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Middlesex grants
Middlesex University is to provide grants to staff and students wanting to carry out projects involving the local community. Possible projects could involve helping the local economy, increasing...