Research must show payoff
Peer reviewers will consider 'economic impact' in research councils' funding decisions. Zoe Corbyn reports. Academics face a change in the way their applications for research funding will be judged...
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All work to be counted in RAE evaluation
Every research paper published by every academic in each university department will be graded for quality under the system planned to replace the research assessment exercise, The Times Higher has...
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Legal advice attracts tag of 'union-busting'
UCU says moves by universities to work around, rather than with, unions on campus represent a return to the 1980s. Melanie Newman reports. Vice-chancellors were accused of adopting 1980s-style "union...
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V-cs welcome funding pledge
Vice-chancellors have welcomed future "stability" in university funding after the Government this week said it would maintain student funding levels at least until 2010-11 and will boost the seven...
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On the move
Beatrice Heuser, the historian and political scientist, has been appointed to a new chair in international relations in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Relations at Reading...
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Grades gap grows at top universities
The proportion of good honours degrees awarded to undergraduates is accelerating faster at top Russell Group universities than within other university groups, writes Rebecca Attwood. New research,...
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Expert admits he did not have full access to data
Scientist says declaration on research paper was wrong, reports Phil Baty. One of the world's leading bone experts has confirmed that he signed an incorrect declaration for a research paper that...
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Fol body orders Eastell report be made public
The Government's freedom of information watchdog has ordered the publication of a confidential audit report into allegations of financial irregularity against medical scientist Richard Eastell....
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Research councils to give users more say
Greater emphasis on 'economic impact' raises fears for basic and blue-skies research. Phil Baty reports. When you are spending £2.6 billion of taxpayers' money a year, it is crucial to convince the...
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Business acumen will bring third-stream funding payout
Universities that engage the most with businesses will see "significant" increases in state funding for knowledge transfer after proposals by Lord Sainsbury, the former Science Minister, were...
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BRDL reports fraud
Birmingham Research and Development (BRDL), a trading subsidiary of Birmingham University that deals with the commercialisation of academic research, has uncovered a serious fraud in its financial...
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UK scientist gets Nobel
Sir Martin Evans, a British stem-cell scientist based at Cardiff University, has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir Martin, the first scientist to identify embryonic stem cells, was one of...
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Hybrid embryo rethink
The Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill is to be revised to propose that all forms of human-animal hybrid embryos, made by mixing human and animal sex cells, be permitted to be created for research...
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Scots engineers unite
A £50 million graduate school for engineers is to be created by four Scottish universities. The Glasgow Research Partnership in Engineering - a joint venture between the universities of Strathclyde,...
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UHI's European bonus
UHI Millennium Institute is to have access to up to £21 million in European funding over the next seven years to help it strengthen its role as a driver of economic growth in the region. Research...