Strings tangle funding purse
ߣߣÊÓƵn university vice-chancellors are threatening to withdraw support from the research funding framework after the Government included research council cash in the overall proposal. Education...
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Patriotic purloining outfoxes the West
Officials in Moldova's breakaway pro-Moscow region of Transnistria are drawing comfort from the thought that Western money aimed at Transnistrian university students is being creamed off by corrupt...
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Forget the deckchairs - are we on the right ship?
We need a radical post-RAE rethink to free research from the grip of needless bureaucracy, says Robert May The way that the quality of scientific research undertaken by our universities is evaluated...
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Nancy Rothwell
Will 2008 really see the last RAE?Until then, there'll be plenty of discussion... and ideally some research as well It is two years until we get into the submission and assessment process for the...
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John Street finds one gong is music to his ears
Earlier this month, the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize - for British or Irish album of the year - was awarded to Antony and the Johnsons for I Am a Bird Now . As well as the cheque for £20,000, the...
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In the (don't) know
The grapevine continues to buzz about Sir Howard Newby's unexpected departure from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to the vice-chancellorship at the University of the West of England...
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Midlands move for Eastwood?
Meanwhile, rumour has it that even if the University of East Anglia's vice-chancellor, David Eastwood, doesn't replace Sir Howard as chief executive of Hefce, he is unlikely to stay put. Professor...
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Not the usual suspects
Another vice-chancellor on his way out is Brunel University's Steven Schwartz. Executive headhunters are bidding for the recruitment contract now, but one reports that the marketplace isn't exactly...
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6 out of 10 have no preference
With all of this exciting job gossip, perhaps vice-chancellors don't have the time or energy to think about much else. Last week UUK held a meeting to discuss whether the group can survive in its...
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More sparkle needed
Perhaps Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell could set a better example to the nation's vice-chancellors. He turned up at the rather glamorous National Teaching Fellowship Awards last Thursday...
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Why I am running a lecture series on decoding The Da Vinci Code
I first became aware of the bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown two years ago. My wife bought the audio tape and we used to listen to it travelling to and from Leeds, where I was then...
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Outside all the boxes
Complexity theory makes room for both Newton and disorder, say Jan Bogg and Robert Geyer For years everyone has been trying to promote interdisciplinary research. Yet despite a good deal of money and...
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Don't spoil this success story
EU moves to limit the use of MRI are misplaced and will impede future research, says Peter Mansfield The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been one of the great success stories of...
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My summer of self-delusion
Despite the absence of students over the holidays, Kevin Fong was too distracted to make inroads into his to-do list. Roll on Christmas The tell-tale signs are there - the shorter days, the cooler...
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Tee up a big shot to drive bookings
If you're organising a conference, get a keynote speaker who'll draw the crowds and won't send everyone to sleep. Overlapping with a golf tournament at the same venue won't hurt either, says Harriet...