Research prepares to feel the pinch
Research chiefs are bracing themselves for a spending squeeze as the Treasury tightens its belt. The councils are working on their joint bid for the spending review 2004 but the forecast from the...
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UK universities 'too poor' to secure framework funding
Martin Ince British universities are too poorly funded to take advantage of the €17.5 billion (£12 billion) on offer under the European Union Framework 6 programme, the government has admitted. The...
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British group to fight EU red tape
Key UK research organisations have joined forces to fight what they regard as damaging European science policy and red tape, writes Anna Fazackerley. The first meeting of the European Liaison Group,...
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Academy 'misled' minister
The British Academy was this week accused of misleading higher education minister Alan Johnson as The THES revealed new material on the society's handling of its £2 million centenary research...
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Foundation degree is in disarray says CIHE
The government's foundation degree policy is in trouble, with universities eyeing up the qualifications as a way of getting "bums on seats", the Council for Industry and Higher Education has warned,...
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Rector attacks new university criteria
The rector of the London Institute has criticised proposed new criteria for awarding university status, shortly after winning the status for his institution under the old criteria. The institute,...
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Links pay in knowledge index
A league table of the UK's top "knowledge-based" cities reveals the economic clout of higher education working with key industries, according to Cardiff University researchers, writes Tony Tysome....
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College cash is tied in red tape
Colleges are passing up the chance of funding-council cash because of the bureaucratic costs involved in claiming it, college bosses said this week. The Association of Colleges said that the year-...
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Legal view: Blair unlikely to sue
Gill Philips, a solicitor for Times Newspapers and an expert on libel, said: "I find it somewhat hard to believe that those words are libellous. "In the first instance, they strike me as amounting to...
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Leeds team in **** fracas
Leeds University's award-winning student newspaper is considering plans to go private after accusing its paymasters, the student union executive, of censorship, writes Phil Baty. The union's...
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Row over freedom of speech at Oxford
Oxford University's 120-year-old "forum of free expression", the Oxford Magazine , has been accused of suppressing controversial debate after it refused to publish an open letter from 30 Oxford...
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Research elite winners in 'special pot' league
Elite research universities are getting the lion's share of cash from the Higher Education Funding Council for England's £1.7 billion "special pot", figures released this week show. The special pot...
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Turbulent times as engineers plan unity
A massive shake-up of engineering degrees looks likely as the 36 engineering institutions move to consolidate first into two bodies and, ultimately, into a single body. The Institution of Mechanical...
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Physics? It's still all geeks to us, public tells institute
The stereotype of the physics geek is alive and well among the general public and academic physicists themselves, a survey has found. The Institute of Physics challenged a random selection of...
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Council hits back at criticism of grants
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has rejected criticism this week that it is denying career opportunities to scientists by refusing to allow contract researchers to bid for...