Campus co-operation
The Universities and Colleges' Employers Association, in conjunction with the seven campus trade unions, has produced a report on employment negotiations. It found that three out of five institutions...
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Accommodating code
The student accommodation provider, University Partnerships Programme, has agreed to a national code that it says will improve living conditions. Under the code, students can expect to receive clear...
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Boost to foreign aid
Sheffield University and Kaplan, the exam preparation company, have signed an agreement to develop preparation programmes for foreign students seeking entry to the university. Sheffield International...
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North flexes muscles
Manchester plans to trump London as top city, says Tony Tysome The creation of a 25,000-student megacampus, among the biggest in Europe, is at the heart of plans to turn Manchester Metropolitan...
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V-c loses Natfhe confidence vote
Lecturers at Liverpool John Moores University have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in the institution's vice-chancellor Michael Brown and its governing body, writes Tony Tysome. Out of...
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Floating questions
Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University and Udine University, Italy, are collaborating on investigating the loss of strength experienced by astronauts in space. Marco Narici of the...
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A bag full of holes is a real life-saver
Millions of people in developing countries are forced to drink deadly cholera-ridden water every day to quench their thirst. But that could change thanks to an invention by a former academic from...
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Fledglings get cash fillip
The Higher Education Funding Council for England confirmed this week that it will continue to fund emerging areas of research until 2008-09 at roughly £20 million a year. Hefce's capability fund...
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When access to data is a real bone of contention
Should academics put their names to papers on drugs trials if they have not analysed or had only restricted sight of the data? Phil Baty investigates
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Release of expansion plans irks governor
Swansea University's vice-chancellor has received a stinging rebuke from one of his governors for publicising the findings of a report on the institution's expansion plans before they had been seen...
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City plans 'corporate' overhaul of executive
City University is set to reduce drastically the size of its decision-making and governing bodies, in what are claimed to be the most radical governance reforms in the higher education sector to date...
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End the slaughter
Dozens of people killed each year in a ruthless turf war between Camorra (Naples 'mafia') mob clans is the subject of a book by Tom Behan, senior lecturer in Italian at Kent University. Dr Behan will...
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Oxford colleges seek to curb v-c
Oxford University's colleges and subject divisions have called for a tight rein to be kept on the powers of Oxford's vice-chancellor and senior management team, in response to proposals to reform the...
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Sino-UK accord opens up doors
Hundreds of British academics are expected to take up university posts in China over the next few years as UK universities strengthen collaborations and Chinese institutions aim to boost academic...
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Cancer experts look to China for talent
Leading UK cancer experts flew to China this week to recruit young research stars and make inroads into an academic sector that many UK scientists find bewildering. Scientists from the charity Cancer...