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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILDetails of the 12 projects to be funded under the Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID) intitiative with the...
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University interventions aim to help heal a 'broken' NHS
Centres unite medical schools and hospitals to improve healthcare. Melanie Newman reports
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A late riser
Maureen Skinner started out making tea but now runs an 80-strong team and leads the professional body for HE managers
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Appointments
Lord Winston has been made a professor of science and society at Imperial College London. The new chair will enable him to focus on developing paths for better engagement between scientists and the...
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Hidden cost of open access
Disseminating research via the web is appealing, but it lacks journals' peer-review quality filter, says Philip Altbach
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The Nottingham Two and the War on Terror: which of us will be next?
Three academics at the University of Nottingham argue that the recent arrests of a postgraduate student and a staff member herald an erosion of civil liberties and a clear threat to legitimate...
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PR chief rounds on 'self-important' academics
Academics and university administrators may not traditionally enjoy the most cordial of relationships.But the emergence of an e-mail in which a director of communications describes his academic...
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The Week in Higher Education
Oxford's £1.25 billion fundraising campaign was widely reported in the papers on 29 May, with comments from the university's chancellor, Lord Patten, dominating coverage. He "attacked" the Government...
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Diplomas are a 'disaster waiting to happen', says research paper
The new 14-19 diplomas are a "disaster waiting to happen", a paper from the Centre for Education and Employment Research has argued.The paper, by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson of the centre,...
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Lecturers swap desks for 'flexible' future
Coventry trials virtual offices of webcams, laptops and shared filing cabinets, writes John Gill
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Historic win for fixed-term employee
'No objective reason' to deny permanent post to researcher, says tribunal. Melanie Newman reports
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Extra £150 if we hit our targets, Uclan staff told
A bonus of £150 is being offered to staff at the University of Central Lancashire - but only if the institution meets a number of performance targets that currently hang in the balance.The cash is...
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UCU claim will not be swayed by pay review
Salary inquiry agreed as part of three-year deal, but union doubts its rigour. Melanie Newman reports
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Conference round-up: Israel boycott, IQ and class, commercial inroads and mooted merger
- The University and College Union's policy on academic engagement with Israel is "profoundly disturbing", Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, told its annual congress last week.Speaking...
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Privatisation fight rated above plight of part-timers
Job security, workloads and local pay are lower on list of priorities, poll finds. Melanie Newman writes