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Who's in, who's out
NAPIER Clive Mulholland , dean of Ulster University's Institute of Lifelong Learning and professor of technology-enhanced learning, will join Edinburgh's Napier University this autumn as vice-...
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Tribunal chairman criticises panel's ethos
Concerns that the research assessment exercise is deepening inequality in universities intensified this week as it emerged that an employment tribunal chairman had criticised the exercise in a recent...
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£13m for poverty work
The Economic and Social Research Council and the Department for International Development launched a £13 million call for research aimed at alleviating poverty in the developing world this week. The...
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£2k for enterprise flair
Coventry University has launched a scheme where students will receive £2,000 if they can show they have a flair for enterprise. The university is offering 50 scholarships to young entrepreneurs. "We...
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Correction
A report in The Times Higher on a survey establishing the scale of links between UK and African universities (July 8) inadvertently omitted the central role of the Association of Commonwealth...
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Google pulls AUT ads
Adverts attacking the employment practices of Brunel University, which popped up on the internet search engine Google each time anyone tried to find information on the London institution, have been...
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RAE rules may lead to cull of older staff
Older academics could be systematically culled from departments because the new rules for the 2008 research assessment exercise favour younger researchers, it was claimed this week. An analysis of...
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Rise in thresholds
Universities may have to tweak their 2006 fee and bursary plans after the Government changed the thresholds for students claiming financial support. In the latest earnings data, the Government...
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The lucky and the not-so-lucky fellows
* Alison Lloyd , Cancer Research UK senior fellow in the Medical Research Council-funded Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London, is a star researcher. She wants to...
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View from both ends of the audit trail
The audited "Claims that the system is 'light touch' are just not borne out by experience," said Fraser Reid , associate head of Plymouth University's School of Psychology, who has just taken the...
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Commission gives favourable opinion of modified plan for disposal of radioactive waste at COGEMA's Pierrelatte site (OJ link)
Brussels, 4 August 2005 Commission opinion of 3 August 2005 concerning the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste at the TU5 Facility on the COGEMA Pierrelatte site in France, in...
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Commission gives favourable opinion of modified plan for disposal of radioactive waste at Aube storage centre (OJ link)
Brussels, 4 August 2005 Commission opinion of 3 August 2005 concerning the modified plan for the disposal of radioactive waste at the Aube Storage Centre located in France, in accordance with Article...
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UK researchers transfer nearly 1.3 million euro in research grants to Germany
Brussels, 04 Aug 2005 Around 900,000 GBP (1.3 million euro) in UK research grants has been transferred to German institutions in the past four years, thanks to a scheme to promote mobility among...
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Scientists track magnetic eruptions from Sun to Earth
Brussels, 04 Aug 2005 A team of researchers from the UK and France have used two spacecraft to trace the journey of an eruption on the sun to its arrival at planet Earth. The team, led by scientists...