EC's £107m bid to avoid animal testing
The European Commission is planning to spend €150 million (£107 million) in the next decade on new science to avoid a chemical industry logjam. Thomas Hartung of the commission's joint research...
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'Radical change' planned for RAE
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Peer review remains at the centre of research assessment under the proposals published this week by UK funding councils....
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'Low-cost' culture bad for science, says OST
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Universities will have to provide detailed cost breakdowns to accompany grant applications, under proposed reforms to...
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Universities get no cash guarantee for managing postgrads
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research The funding councils have asked universities to help them develop threshold standards for delivering postgraduate research...
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Steep rise in foreign students forecast
About a quarter of all students in UK higher education may be from overseas by 2025 - double the current proportion, the British Council has predicted. The change could force institutions to rethink...
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ESRC calls for skills strategy in workplace
Government policies on skills and innovation will not create an economy capable of competing effectively in the global markets, according to a new report. Robert Taylor, media fellow with the...
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Disabled doctors enable NHS
Medics with disabilities should be welcomed by the health service, says Anne Tynan. "The attitude was to cure disabilities," David Du Bois, associate professor specialising in disability issues at...
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Plea for joint effort to bridge English-Scottish divide
Fault lines are emerging between England and post-devolution Scotland in higher education and health, according to the principal of Dundee University. Sir Alan Langlands, former chief executive of...
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Row threatens EU exchange
The European Union's Fulbright-style international exchange programme may be delayed by a looming political battle over funding. A row between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers...
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Irish dump fees plan to avert split
The Irish government has been forced to ditch plans to bring back tuition fees. Instead, it will invest more in schemes to help students from lower socioeconomic groups get into higher education. The...
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Old Europe told to wake up to trade
Europe's protectionist focus on public-financed universities would lead to stagnation, the head of the ߣߣÊÓƵn-based Global University Alliance warned last week. Terry Hilsberg accused Europeans...
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NZ fixes fee limits as freeze is lifted
Student fees are likely to rise for the first time since 1999 under a new regime announced in the New Zealand government's budget. From this year, the government will set the maximum fee that...
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Islands' medic hope
A private medical school in the Cayman Islands graduated its first doctors this month as part of a bid to prevent the islands' would-be doctors leaving for overseas. St Matthew's University School of...
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College sued over gag zone
A student is suing a California college for limiting public speaking to three designated "free-speech areas" in the latest of a series of disputes involving freedom of expression on increasingly...
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Sars fear prompts ban
Some US universities are blocking Chinese students from attending summer programmes because of a fear of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Harvard University has also banned them from graduation...