Appointments
Oxford University has appointed Douglas Holt , associate professor at Harvard Business School, L'Oreal professor of marketing and fellow of Worcester College; and Michael Sheringham , professor of...
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Grant losers to take legal action
Grants worth up to £185 million made to universities to boost their business links last month could be in jeopardy because of a legal challenge from vice-chancellors who missed out on the awards....
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Bad spells cloud literary climate
Frustrated by the inability of so many people to spell his name correctly, the linguist Vivian Cook set out to discover why English people find it difficult to spell everyday words. The fruits of his...
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Embattled Jarvis promises it will not evict students from its halls
Campus accommodation provider Jarvis said this week that its financial crisis will not affect students living in halls of residence that it built and manages, writes Alan Thomson. Jarvis has invested...
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Schools funding may be diverted to access drive
Cash could be shifted from from primary schools to support expansion in higher education, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, signalled this week. He told members of the Education and Skills...
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Call for extremists law
MPs this week urged the government to introduce tough new US-style laws to deal with animal rights extremists who terrorise scientists and their families. Opening a debate in London's Westminster...
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Overseas work boost
UK universities' work overseas will gain momentum as the result of a new policy document due from the Government this year. Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, told the Education and Skills...
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CIHE degree warning
Government proposals to make degree-awarding powers available to private and corporate institutions on a fixed-term basis only could be open to legal challenge, the Council for Industry and Higher...
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£20m for buildings
Andy Kerr, Scotland's finance minister, has announced £20 million to modernise buildings in universities and colleges, in advance of the Scottish Executive's autumn spending review. The two sectors...
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Campus transfer
Northumbria University has completed negotiations for the transfer of its Carlisle campus to the University of Central Lancashire. The handover will take place on August 1 2004. The Higher Education...
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OU wins award
The Open University received an international prize this week in recognition of the success of a series of short courses that have helped 10,000 people into higher education. The Commonwealth of...
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Return of texts sought
Edinburgh University is setting up an expert committee to investigate a call from the Ethiopian Government for the return of manuscripts said to have been looted by British soldiers more than a...
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Trent shake-up follows staff poll
A major senior management shake-up at Nottingham Trent University has come after a damning poll that showed that a third of staff had no confidence in their managers. The results of the survey,...
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Alarm over plans for Nottingham vet school
Nottingham University unveiled plans this week to create the first new veterinary science school for half a century - only for the representative body for vets to question the need for another school...
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It's Brit Art, but not as we know it
The cave engravings emerged first, then shadowy bas-reliefs. Steve Farrar reports The finest collection of Ice Age bas-relief sculpture found on a cave ceiling is as elusive as it is beautiful....