Department audit
John Palfreyman, head of school, gives the lowdown on contemporary sciences at the University of Abertay, Dundee * Total number of academic staff: 41, including office staff, technicians, research...
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Teachers seek input on policy
The UK's top academic teachers launched a formal group this week that will give them an independent voice and help them to shape higher education policy. Academics awarded National Teaching...
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Deficits pose job threat to Imperial's 5* divisions
Staff in Imperial College London's top-rated neuroscience and medicine divisions have been warned that their jobs may be at risk, prompting fears that a good research assessment exercise result may...
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Who's got the cash?
An Oxford University spin-off has secured proof-of-concept funding from a US-based investor. Surface Therapeutics is celebrating first-round funding of £1.5 million - enough, it hopes, to prove that...
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US to bridge gap in Middle East
US scientists are coordinating a plan to create a research centre in the Arava Valley that sits half on Israeli territory and half on Jordanian territory. Mati Kochavi, an Israeli businessman who...
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Autonomy promised in Ukraine
Ukraine's "orange revolution" and the inauguration last week of President Viktor Yushchenko will mean a major shake-up for the country's higher education system.J Part of Mr Yushchenko campaign...
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Jobs cull set to hit South Africa
Hundreds of jobs will be shed in coming years as mergers between South African universities begin to bite, especially at departments that are duplicated across campuses. At the University of Fort...
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Scientists angered by draft legislation
France's scientific community has united to oppose policies outlined in a leaked draft of a proposed research law, claiming that it breaks funding promises made to a sector "in danger", writes Jane...
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Fees get grip in Germany
Germany's federal constitutional court last week lifted a nation-wide ban on university fees. States will now be able to levy fees without having to get approval from Berlin, as is currently the case...
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EU rules on access bias
Austrian universities could be forced to drop an "education-for-all" policy for home students and introduce strict selection procedures if a European Court of Justice ruling forces them to accept...
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Swiss left speechless
The Swiss federation is in uproar over plans by the University of Neuchtel to axe its chairs in Italian and ancient Greek. The university, which is in a French-speaking canton, wants to concentrate...
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Uncle Sam's out in front, but we're hot on his heels
UK technology transfer is a late starter that shows every sign of being a great success, says Ederyn Williams. Of course, the Americans are more enterprising than the British, so if we do something...
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Whitehall warned on admission changes
Allowing students to apply for a university place after receiving their A-level results could pose major practical problems for admissions tutors and backfire on the most disadvantaged applicants,...
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Standing room only at Queen's University Belfast
It was standing room only at Queen's University Belfast, the latest stop on the 'Articulated Laurie' lecture tour by The Times Higher 's columnist. Professor Taylor confided that he had sought to...
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QAA gives saddlers rough ride for 'lack of challenge'
While unpopular courses are being scrapped in alarming numbers across the sector, a valiant attempt by a London college to keep open a tiny course in the obscure art of making horses' saddles has led...