Faith in the truth
What a strangely defensive argument Sunny Bains employs against research "encroaching" into the interface between science and religion (Soapbox, February 25). If science can use its methods to...
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Character building
Kevin Fong's painful experience in the country of his ancestors (Working Knowledge, February 25) is not unusual. Many other British Chinese do not speak Chinese and have suffered in the same way. He...
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Hvng gr8 time in Tmbk2, call tmrw
It is portrayed as the adventure of a lifetime, the chance to broaden horizons in far-flung corners of the globe and an intrepid rite of passage. But the reality for many of the 200,000 British...
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Discretionary pay is 'lottery'
Academics face a lottery when it comes to discretionary pay. The proportion of lecturers awarded extra income in addition to standard salaries varies dramatically from one old university to the next...
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'I look forward to assisting the transformation of secondary education'
David Hopkins will put his experience to good use when he swaps Whitehall for the lecture halls in May One of the Government's chief academic advisers will swap the corridors of Whitehall for lecture...
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On the move...
John Landers , fellow of All Souls and lecturer in historical demography, has been appointed principal of Hertford College, Oxford, succeeding Walter Bodmer in September. Liverpool University has...
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Fears grow for research cash
Expectations of a spectacular spending review settlement for science were dashed last week as research councils discovered how little new money would be available for science projects. The Government...
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Black AUT members 'very close' to tribunal action
The row over the representation of black members by the Association of University Teachers escalated this week as black activists warned that the union might be taken to a race tribunal. The AUT has...
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Champions of science square up over policies
The gloves were off in science this week as the three main political parties battled for the academic vote in the coming general election, killing off research councils and trampling on egos along...
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Drugs market is banking on sex
Independent sex research is being irreparably damaged by multibillion-pound drugs companies clamouring to find successors to the blockbuster sex drug Viagra, researchers claimed this week. In the...
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UKeU was a 'disgraceful waste' of public money
MPs have condemned the UK e-University as a "disgraceful waste" of public funds in a long-awaited report unveiled today. The Commons Education and Skills Select Committee inquiry has found that at a...
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E-learning to get £33m cash boost
E-learning in universities is to get a £33 million boost alongside the £8 million remaining from the failed UK e-University. The funding injection will be announced to vice-chancellors in a circular...
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Funding fillip for further study
Universities in England are to get £60 million extra for postgraduate training and supervision in 2005-06, allaying fears that new research-degree funding arrangements would mean financial losses for...
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Pittilo appointed
The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has appointed Michael Pittilo to succeed Bill Stevely as principal in September. Professor Pittilo, who studied biology at Strathclyde University and began...
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Part-time deterrent
Funding council chiefs admitted this week that working-class students could be "deterred" from studying part time by the 2006 tuition fee and bursary regime, but stepped back from offering more cash...