Contractors injured in medical school blast
Forensic scientists are investigating the cause of an explosion in a medical school building at Bristol University. Five contractors who were renovating a chemistry laboratory were taken to hospital...
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NHS chief becomes Dundee principal
Sir Alan Langlands (above), chief executive of the National Health Service Executive in England, will become principal of Dundee University from September. He will succeed Ian Graham-Bryce who...
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Bett makes a million with net firm shares
Sir Michael Bett, who chaired the independent pay review committee for higher education, made more than Pounds 1 million on paper in just a few hours last week. His 1.15 per cent stake in the...
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Deaf people to train as mental health nurses
Deaf people will be able to train as qualified mental health nurses at Salford University from September. Six places on a three-year course will be fully funded by the Department of Health and...
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Students sue LGU for 'inadequate teaching'
London Guildhall University is facing damages claims for up to Pounds 500,000 from four students who were faced with an A-level question in a degree exam. The students, who studied at South Thames...
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Germans object to 'human cloning' patent
Edinburgh University says research that could benefit Parkinson's disease sufferers will continue unaffected, despite a European row over its patent application. The German government was this week...
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Colleges fail to justify millions in funding
College funding chiefs are struggling to give away millions of pounds for improving standards, because unaccountable colleges are failing to show they will put the funds to good use. Chief inspector...
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Europeans join Derby poor-pay protest
The boycott of Derby University has been joined by academics across Europe. The European Trade Union Committee for Education has agreed to support an international academic boycott of the university...
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Students fail to find love in the library
Students outnumber lecturers as subscribers to Dateline, Britain's largest computer dating agency, putting paid to the image of student life as a hedonistic, promiscuous whirl. About 450...
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Search for inspiring oldie
England's most erudite oldie is to be honoured with a Pounds 500 prize from the Department of Education and Employment, as part of a drive to promote lifelong learning to retired people. A search for...
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North Sea star
(Photograph) - North Sea star: Newcastle University marine scientist Rachel Welch, based at the Dove marine laboratory in Cullercoats, recruited members of the public to help her study of North Sea...
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Examiners paid less than Pounds 3.60
Low pay for external examiners threatens the long-term viability of quality assurance, the Association of University Teachers has warned, writes Phil Baty. The association has criticised the Quality...
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Religious question put on Scot census
Scottish academics are delighted by the Scottish Executive's U-turn on including a question on religion in next year's census. Researchers were dismayed when the executive announced there would be no...
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Farren's loss felt in Ulster
Northern Ireland's colleges and universities are lamenting the loss of their first further and higher education minister. The return of direct rule after the short-lived power-sharing executive has...
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Research split on the cards for Wales
A new divide between teaching-only and research-based universities could be imminent in Wales. Rationalisation of research funding, with increased selectivity, is expected following this week's...