In the news: Julia Higgins
Dame Julia Higgins, president of the British Association, is convinced that the public must be allowed more of a say in the direction of science. She told delegates at this week's BA Festival of...
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Appointments
Abertay Dundee University has appointed Liz Wilson , director of nursing for the primary care division of the National Health Service in Tayside, visiting professor of nursing. Exeter University has...
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Tories: it's sink or swim
Conservative policy will leave unpopular universities struggling to survive. Phil Baty reports Universities will be left to sink or swim under Conservative Party plans for a market where students...
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Brand it like Becks
The bulging pay packets of Premiership footballers and the wheeler-dealing of managers in the transfer market may seem a world away from university life. But this week academics and university...
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Access figures perplex Scots
Scottish pride was dented this week as it emerged that the nation's much-vaunted 50 per cent higher education participation rate has dropped. Experts are baffled by the Scottish Executive statistics...
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'Sign up for medics test'
A-level students were warned this week that they could fail to secure a place to study medicine or veterinary medicine if they do not register for a university admission test by September 30. The...
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Sainsbury's £1.2m offer
Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, this week launched a £1.2 million scheme to encourage participation in technology-related issues at the British Association Festival of Science....
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Britons scoop cash
Two of the five 2004 Balzan prizes, worth €650,000 each (£440,000), have been awarded to Britons. Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn received the prize for prehistoric archaeology, and Michael Marmot won an...
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Reward mavericks
A St Andrews University economist will this weekend call for an overhaul of research funding to reward mavericks and "collaborative competition". Manfredi La Manna, reader in economics, argues that...
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Dyke gives cash to York
Former BBC boss Greg Dyke has donated some of his £456,000 pay-off from the corporation to set up a chair in film, theatre and TV studies at York University, his alma mater. The university said that...
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Pay plus gift vouchers scheme called 'insulting'
Nottingham University's plans for a controversial new pay structure for academic support staff came under renewed fire this week after industrial relations experts from other major universities...
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BA fair helps put Exeter on science map
Finding replacement skydivers when the Royal Air Force's Falcons pull out of the opening ceremony at the last minute, organising hundreds of lectures and entertaining the country's science press...
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Guns, guts and gardens
What does it take to lead a university? Our survey reveals that as well as the usual traits, an off-the-wall hobby and a cast-iron stomach can come in handy. Anthea Lipsett reports. As higher...
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UUK tells universities to look overseas to stay competitive
More staff, students and business opportunities must come from abroad if UK universities are to remain financially viable, vice-chancellors will be told next week. Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor of...
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V-cs bid to stop grant payout
Four vice-chancellors considering a legal bid to overturn £185 million in grants made under this summer's Higher Education Innovation Fund have invoked open government rules to expose what they...