Women and lab leaders
Five universities have earned awards that recognise initiatives to improve career options and support for women in science, engineering and technology. The Athena Swan Awards were handed out this...
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Cry for help from tutor 'counsellors'
The burden of pastoral care has risen considerably in recent years and is now too great for many academics to cope with. Becky McCall reports Fascinated by life in the deep sea, Tim Miles felt that...
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'Appalling' writing skills drive tutors to seek help
Professors appeal for 'evidence-based' ideas on how to to address a growing problem. Melanie Newman reports Two professors have issued an urgent plea for help in teaching increasing numbers of...
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Age Concern takes OU to task
Age Concern has attacked the Open University over its mandatory retirement age, writes Melanie Newman. The charity this week accused the university of hypocrisy for taking on almost 5,000 students...
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Morris praises learning per se
Learning for learning's sake is one of the fundamental purposes of higher education, Estelle Morris, the former Education Secretary, said this week. Delivering the annual Drapers' Lecture at Queen...
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Low voter turnout raises questions of morale in UCU
Complicated ballot papers and disillusionment after the pay deal were blamed for poor response, reports Tony Tysome Newly elected leaders of the University and College Union are facing serious...
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Call for Council change
Oxford University academics who rejected governance reforms proposed by the vice-chancellor in December are pushing for changes of their own. John Hood, Oxford's vice-chancellor, wanted the council...
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Getting down to Q&A
Universities received an average of three freedom of information requests a month in 2006 - much the same as in 2005, according to a survey by the Joint Information Systems Committee infoNet,...
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Brookes motors ahead
Spanish Formula One racing driver Fernando Alonso has revealed plans to provide sponsorship for 12 Spanish students to study motor sport engineering at Oxford Brookes University. Mr Alonso said that...
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Prize for emotion
Ray Dolan of the University College London's Institute of Neurology is one of two winners of the Max Planck Research Award 2007. Professor Dolan, director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for...
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Natural selection
The Natural Environment Research Council is looking forsenior academics to turn themes that feature in its strategic plan for 2007-12, including natural hazards, climate systems and biodiversity,...
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Think small to think big
Steve Currall, professor of enterprise and the management of innovation at University College London, has been appointed to nTAG, the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group, which advises the US...
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Correction
The name of the new vice-chancellor of Essex University is Colin Riordan, not Colin Richardson, as reported last week.
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Ethos may be a foe to freedom
The governance of some Christian institutions poses a potential threat to research, reports Melanie Newman How might an academic fare at Canterbury Christ Church or Chester University if their...
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The woman marshalling firepower for the intellectual battles ahead
Wendy Piatt, Director-General, Russell group Three months into her role as director-general of the Russell Group of research-elite universities, Wendy Piatt has a clear vision of the issues she wants...