Knowledge-transfer scheme fails to ease concern
Almost £120 million is being earmarked for universities that are not research intensive to engage in knowledge transfer under plans unveiled this week, writes Alison Goddard. Under a two-year...
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Arts 'university' sets out portfolio
Art and design college heads have taken the first steps towards setting up a national federal university of the arts, writes Tony Tysome. Executive management group members of the UK Arts and Design...
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Taking the angst out of DIY assembly
The frustration of trying and failing to assemble flat-pack furniture could become a DIY nightmare of the past, thanks to research by a PhD student at Derby University. Miles Richardson has come up...
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London to incubate bioscience
London is to launch itself as the leading centre for bioscience companies in a bid to overtake Oxford and Cambridge. Honor Chapman, acting chair of the London Development Agency, said: "There is a...
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Capital's colleges converge
London's universities are moving closer together, with plans for a joint advertising campaign and the possibility of more institutions joining the ranks of the University of London. The capital's 40...
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Historian resigns over Holocaust denial article
An issue of Canterbury University's magazine History Now containing an article on New Zealand's case of Holocaust denial has been recalled and destroyed. The journal's editor, Ian Campbell, has since...
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Science council moves
The government's science policy advisory group, the Council on Science and Technology, is to be taken out of the Department of Trade and Industry to reflect its cross-departmental role. Sir David...
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Partnership plans
Leicester University has announced a partnership agreement with Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln and Newman College of Higher Education in Birmingham. It hopes the alliance will help develop new...
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Derby v-c to retire
Derby University vice-chancellor Roger Waterhouse is to retire in July 2004. During his 13-year tenure, he has seen the institution develop from a higher education college to a modern university.
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Rise in post-16 success
Success rates among post-16 students improved significantly in 2001-02, figures from the Learning and Skills Council show. The number of students gaining qualifications rose to 65 per cent from 59...
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Fifth at Oxford have jobs
A fifth of Oxford University students work part time in term time even though they have been warned not to by their colleges, a survey has shown. Almost 70 per cent work during university holidays to...
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Joint bid to aid women
The Royal Society is to collaborate with Canada and France to tackle the underrepresentation of women in science and technology. Discussions at an international workshop last week revealed that both...
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£4.3m centre planned
Strathclyde University has won £4.3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to set up the UK's first doctoral training centre in medical devices. The centre will help make...
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Correction
The University of East London is in the process of seeking validation for its podiatry degree from the relevant professional bodies. A report in The THES (July 25) said that the course would not be...
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Call for talks on visa fee
Protests over the introduction of fees for overseas students' visa extensions grew louder this week as Universities UK demanded that ministers explain the move. Vice-chancellors have warned the Home...