Pioneer Award
Deadline: 01/12/2005
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5.4% pay rise masks gloom
Academics earned nearly £36,000 on average last year, up by 5.4 per cent on 2003 according to the latest university-by-university figures compiled exclusively for The Times Higher . The rise was 2...
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A dash of polish for would-be professors
Hundreds of UK academics have signed up to a cult US e-mail service that offers to help them become "silver-tongued scientists" on course for a professorship. "Tomorrow's Professor" subscribers...
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'We are committed to communicating with the public and policymakers'
Carol Dezateux is excited at the prospect of heading a new MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health Carol Dezateux became interested in epidemiology through her research into the impact of viral...
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On the move ...
* Chris Gale , head of undergraduate studies at the Law School at Leeds Metropolitan University, has been appointed professor and founding director of legal studies at the newly formed Bradford...
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Critics fuming over RAE criteria
Academics say that interdisciplinary research, early-career staff and the UK's reputation will suffer in RAE 2008. Anthea Lipsett reports Academics have voiced concerns that the switch to four new...
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Distinction for the few mooted in degree review
Traditional degree classifications would be replaced with a three-point scale awarding the majority of students a basic pass or a fail and bestowing a distinction on a handful under proposals put out...
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Animal labs told to raise voice
Leading universities are developing more forthright policies on public discussion of their animal research amid pressure from the police to face up to animal-rights extremists. Some institutions...
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Next week
Frontiers An MRC special on research careers in infectious diseases Plus: World rankings in science and engineering
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Campus clampdown
A student union president faced a disciplinary hearing this week after refusing to cancel a public debate featuring a controversial Islamic group. Middlesex University confirmed that Keith Shilson...
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Degrees of separation
University College London has been granted the right to award its own taught and research degrees in a move that will be seen as a step closer to independence from the University of London. However,...
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Stamp it out in Wales
Peter Black, Welsh Liberal Democrat education spokesman, has called on Welsh universities to help eradicate bullying after The Times Higher exposed the extent of the problem. He said: "The figures...
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Bursaries bonus
Bursaries of £10,000 will be offered to support two students at Goldsmiths, University of London. The New Cross Awards commemorate the lives of 14 young black people who died in the New Cross fire of...
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Rent returns
Lincoln University has secured £30 million to finish its campus at Brayford Pool in the next five years as the result of a refinancing deal announced this week. Lincoln transferred its student...
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Funding fillip
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced a £30 million cash boost to 31 museums and galleries in England's universities. Museums such as the Women's Library at London Metropolitan...