Sector better off under Tories, says AUT study
Higher education was better off ten years ago under a Conservative government than it is today under Labour, an analysis by the Association of University Teachers shows. Figures from the AUT show...
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University boost for Bolton
After more than a decade of campaigning Bolton is finally set to become a university town. Bolton Institute learnt this week that after two failed attempts it will at last be awarded university...
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Journal publishers support Google pilot
Researchers will be able to track down relevant peer-reviewed journal articles via the web after leading publishers joined with Google to launch a unique search engine this week. The CrossRef pilot...
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Next week
CASTING OF THE IRON LADY Vernon Bogdanor reviews volume two of John Campbell's biography of Margaret Thatcher. ALSO Chilly outlook: Brian Fagan on the threat of a new ice age Books focus: Science...
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Clarke for ID cards
Students could be required to carry an identity card with "biometric" data proving who they are before starting a university course or applying for a student loan. Charles Clarke, education secretary...
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Memorial to principal
Stirling University has commemorated its former principal, Colin Bell, who died suddenly a year ago, by naming a new building after him to boost research in applied social science. Christine Hallett...
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£150m training fund
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is inviting universities that want to make links with industry to apply for funds from a new £150 million collaborative training fund. The new...
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Survey of disadvantage
Female scientists feel disadvantaged on salary and promotion compared with their male counterparts, according to a survey released this week by the Athena Project, at a conference at Bristol...
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Fears on tissue bill 'are ignored'
Fears were growing this week that the new human tissues bill could strangle important medical research. The Royal Society has warned that the government is unlikely to compromise on the new "...
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Plug is pulled on e-university
The government's flagship e-university, hailed by ministers as the Open University for the 21st century, is to be dismantled after embarrassing performance failures, writes Phil Baty. The UKeU,...
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Union is set to vote for a single pay spine
The Association of University Teachers was expected to formally sign up for the biggest shake-up of academic careers for 40 years as The Times Higher went to press this week. As a three-week ballot...
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Old sea chart is so current
Satellite imaging has revealed the deep understanding of ocean currents possessed by medieval cartographers. Comparison of a pioneering 16th-century chart of the North Atlantic with the latest...
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'Curb Offa or we don't back bill'
Vice-chancellors have threatened to withdraw their support for the higher education bill if the government does not formally restrict the powers of the planned Office for Fair Access. Baroness...
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Hefce staff-borrowing plan 'absurd'
Government plans for an independent university access regulator were branded absurd this week after it was revealed that the body would have to borrow staff as well as offices from England's higher...
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Dignified game of cat and mouse
Steve Farrar was surprised to find that the fur did not fly at last week's Times Higher debate on animal research. There was no heckling, no shouting down. No one walked out, no one cried, no one...