Spending 'vital' for UK status
President of Universities UK wants funding for teaching doubled and red tape reduced to help higher education sector compete internationally. Tony Tysome reports UK universities will struggle to...
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Overseas students aid 'renewal'
Recruitment of international students is not only helping to shore up the finances of UK institutions, it is also providing a vital prop for many "strategic" subjects such as engineering, mathematics...
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Denham stands by funding cuts
The Secretary of State for Universities has been forced to defend a decision to cut funding for students studying for second degrees, ahead of a speech in which he will call for universities to help...
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Satisfied - but students want more feedback
There's praise for teaching in survey but also a desire for more individual guidance, write Rebecca Attwood and Louise Radnofsky Students are still less than satisfied with the feedback they receive...
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Fees blamed for bad behaviour
They are incidents more associated with the classroom than the lecture hall, but it seems that the rudeness, incivility and even violence that occurs in schools is creeping into universities....
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Staff endure threats, abuse and vendettas
Deborah Lee of Nottingham Trent University, the author of the National Student Conduct Survey, found disturbing tales of staff under stress and lacking support. This survey, building on research I...
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Cancer tissue bank
A national "biobank" set up to house and supply samples of cancer patients' tissue for research has begun accepting sample donations. Cancer patients in selected NHS Trusts can now opt to donate...
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Businesswomen pilot
Northampton University's Business School has won a grant from the European Social Fund to run a pilot training scheme for women from Eastern Europe who live in the UK and wish to start their own...
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Toshiba fellowships
Electronics giant Toshiba has launched a search for cutting-edge PhD-level researchers to join its annual fellowship initiative. The Toshiba Fellowship Programme, now in its 25th year, offers two...
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Sheffield-OU tie-up
Sheffield University is offering a new route to a chemistry or physics degree, with students studying part-time for two years with the Open University, followed by two years full-time with Sheffield...
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Gold for York chemists
York University's chemistry department has been given a gold Swan award for excellence in recruiting female scientists, engineers and technologists and advancing their careers - the first department...
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Call to heal rift between science and religions
BA's Festival of Science hears attack on preconceptions fuelled by post-9/11 extremism. Louise Sutton writes One of the hot tickets at this year's Festival of Science was the debate on whether...
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Pensions could fund study - Lib Dems
People could pay for higher education courses by raiding their pension funds under a new Liberal Democrat concept. Speaking before the party's annual conference in Brighton next week, Sarah Teather,...
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Protest lodged over 'punished' academic
A body representing US academics has protested against a university's treatment of a controversial lecturer. The American Association of University Professors wrote to the president of DePaul...
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Shun stocks, China's universities told
The Chinese Government has warned universities against investing in shares and bonds despite rises in the country's stock markets. The Chinese national news agency Xinhua said that universities had...