Appointments
* Jon Baldwin , secretary and registrar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, has been appointed registrar at the University of Warwick. His appointment follows the...
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UK urged not to follow US lead
A former senior adviser to Bill Clinton will this month warn that the core role of universities as centres of free inquiry is being "corrupted" as market forces take hold in higher education. Robert...
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Is there a God? - it's 2/1 on
A former theoretical physicist from Manchester University has turned his hand to a more fundamental proposition - the odds on the existence of God. And the good news for church-goers is that, at 2/1...
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Brown to put schools first, says left think-tank
Fears of a Treasury squeeze on higher education funding emerged this week despite Gordon Brown's pledge to put science and innovation at the heart of his summer spending review, writes Paul Hill. The...
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Global warming melts away as cause of glacial retreat
One of the icons of global warming - the retreat of Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers - may not be due to rising temperatures after all. A study has found the disappearance of ice from Africa's tallest...
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Pigeon expert cleared
Oxford University has cleared zoologist Tim Guilford of research misconduct after he was accused by researchers at the University of Zurich of failing to properly acknowledge their contribution to...
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On a wing and a merger
The Labour Party's student organisation is being urged to merge with its youth wing to form a new body free to criticise the government and party when necessary. In a pamphlet published this week,...
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Poisoner's ethics class
Manchester University is investigating how a man jailed for attempting to poison his wife got a job at the institution as a part-time lecturer in philosophy and medical ethics. Paul Agutter, who...
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Sweet medicine
Promising students at Thames Valley University will be fast-tracked into Imperial College London's Medical School, under a compact between the institutions agreed last week. From October 2005, up to...
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Clarke warms to PQA
Universities UK was encouraged this week by Charles Clarke's first public statement in support of a six-term school year, seen as a precursor for a post-qualifications applications system to...
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Hitting a healthy tally
The government has achieved its target of increasing the number of medical students by more than 2,000, two years ahead of schedule, John Reid, the health secretary, said this week. Figures from the...
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£750K lost as glass atrium plan shatters
Lecturers have reacted furiously to news that Luton University has lost £750,000 on an abandoned project to build an atrium at its main campus. Luton reported in its annual accounts this year that it...
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Threat to Leeds school raises access fears
Staff and students attacked Leeds University this week over proposals to close the School of Continuing Education as a result of a £250,000 deficit. The school, which opened in 1946 and takes 3,500...
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Language staff wait to learn their fate
Academics who teach modern languages at De Montfort University are waiting to hear whether they will be redeployed or made redundant as the temporary suspension of their courses becomes permanent...
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Fury at TV focus on riches of heritage
The BBC has been accused of dumbing down and misleading academics in the making of a series about British metal detectorists' discoveries. Hidden Treasure , broadcast on BBC 2 last autumn, looked at...