Minister downplays potential course cuts
The threat of university course closures may not be as widespread as some fear, Bill Rammell, the new Higher Education Minister, said this week. Mr Rammell told The Times Higher that he was "not...
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Tories discuss change of tack on university course payment
The Conservative Party looks set to abandon its anti-tuition fees policy after hitting an "electoral brick wall" on the subject in this month's campaign, The Times Higher has learnt. Party sources...
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'Voluntary' staff cuts to decimate Coventry wage bill
Scores of staff at Coventry University face voluntary redundancy in a major "reshaping" exercise. The institution will also axe its pure chemistry provision. Madeleine Atkins, Coventry's vice-...
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Blunkett millions not used for pay
An official report shows that barely a penny of an £880 million programme to "reward and develop" staff in English universities went into academic salaries, lecturing unions claimed this week. A...
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Ulster v-c job switch
Ulster University has offered to make its vice-chancellor, Gerry McKenna, its "president", giving him the role of travelling ambassador for the university, after an investigation into complaints...
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Cannabis on trial
Scientists are to run a trial to see whether cannabis-based medicines can reduce disability in patients with multiple sclerosis. The three-year study, awarded £2 million by the Medical Research...
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Spreading the word
Colin Pulham, a research chemist at Edinburgh University, has won the inaugural Royal Society Kohn Award for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science. Dr Pulham was awarded the £2,500 prize,...
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Biotech business boost
Eleven small and medium enterprises will benefit from a total of £2.2 million of funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council under its Small Business Research Initiative....
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Unexpected outcomes
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds seeking to study law at East Anglia University have been offered places despite being predicted lower exam grades than the standard offer. The university is...
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Boycott pulls in Natfhe
Lecturers' union Natfhe joined the international row over the academic boycott of Israel this week as it emerged that an emergency motion backing plans to sever ties with two Israeli universities has...
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Bogus 20 per cent forced hike in visa fee, says Home Office
More than one in five overseas student applicants are abusing the UK visa system, according to a government survey. The Home Office survey of more than 3,000 international students who had applied...
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Wheelbarrow race
Volunteers helped relocate Bristol University's botanic garden to a new site in Stoke Bishop this month. Some 4,500 species of exotic plant were transported from the Bracken Hill site, which has been...
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Oxford to groom future teachers
More than half of Oxford University's postgraduates are likely to pursue an academic career, and plans are afoot to prepare the next generation more effectively than ever for such a future. In...
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Forgo anonymity, scientists told
Academics experimenting on animals were urged this week to publish data openly - in effect waiving their anonymity. In particular, journals that run articles on such research should print data about...
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Research networks are key to cash quest
While Wales considers a new fees structure, demoralised staff and insufficient income are stalling progress at the country's universities, reports Tony Tysome Researchers in Wales must join forces...