Today's news
Armed police enter University College Hospital Police cordoned off University College Hospital in London and armed police entered the building yesterday. It followed reports that someone had been...
Search
-
-
RAE shifts focus from prestige journals
Senior academics overseeing the 2008 research assessment exercise have urged universities to abandon their obsession with big-name journals such as Nature and Science . If successful, the move could...
-
Students unruly? Give them an ASBO
Universities could push for powers to issue disruptive students antisocial behaviour orders, say lawyers working with the sector. Experts on student eviction at law firm Eversheds have advised the...
-
'It is nice to have that outside acknowledgement'
Amanda Petford-Long, professor of materials at Oxford University, is the only woman among 44 new fellows announced last week by the Royal Academy of Engineering. She said: "It's a great honour...
-
Engineering fellows
* The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded honorary fellowships to the following: Sir Keith O'Nions , director-general of the Research Councils, Office of Science and Technology; and Lord May of...
-
Fees fuel a run for borders
There has been a surge in numbers of applications from English students to study at Scottish and Welsh universities, according to the latest admissions figures, writes Paul Hill. Overall,...
-
Staff fury at '£600K' rebrand
Academics at UCL are on the warpath over a new corporate identity. They call the exercise a 'total waste of money' in the face of staffing cuts of 15 per cent over three years. But UCL insists it...
-
Offa fails to win over MP
An upbeat first report to Parliament by the university access regulator was met with a downbeat response amid calls for universities to do more outreach work. Sir Martin Harris, director of the...
-
Sheffield axes nurse courses
Sheffield University, one of the largest providers of nursing qualifications, is to close its nursing and midwifery courses. The closure could prove politically damaging to the Government, which is...
-
Next week
Yours sincerely ... From the beautiful correspondence of Richard Feynman, Isaiah Berlin and others to the text message - is the art of letter writing in peril?
-
Pooling talent
Forty academics have been hired by Liverpool University in a recruitment drive to bring "world-class research stars" to the institution, according to Drummond Bone, the vice-chancellor. The high-...
-
Brunel redundancy row
The Association of University Teachers said Brunel University was on the edge of an industrial relations "abyss" as managers confirmed that two staff had been issued with compulsory redundancy...
-
Summer in suspense
Modern languages staff at Oxford Brookes University must wait until the end of August to learn if their jobs are safe following a decision to axe Spanish and German degrees. In a meeting with...
-
Dramatic development
The University of London is to admit the Central School of Speech and Drama as a college of the university in September.
-
Crackdown on campus
Post-7/7 realities: monitoring debate, reporting suspicious applicants Universities could be forced to hand information on academic and student applicants to the security services and will be...