Academe Asda do better for mums
Universities do less for the work-life balance of their staff than a budget supermarket chain, lecturers' union Natfhe claimed this week. Natfhe said that while women in post-1992 universities got a...
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In the news: Mike O'Brien
Foreign Office minister Mike O'Brien is well remembered at his alma mater, Staffordshire University. "It was North Staffs Polytechnic then, and in 1972 we set up a BA in modern studies and in 1973...
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Appointments
* The Department for Education and Skills has appointed Michael Stevenson , former joint director of factual and learning at the BBC, director of strategy and communications. Mr Stevenson resigned...
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Pay drive faces local hurdles
Academic trade unions are squaring up for an epic pay battle as they come together to fight for a 28 per cent increase in the face of a threatened collapse of national pay bargaining. The three...
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Deliver 'quality people' demands CBI chief
Universities and lecturers must accept their role as training providers for industry or see UK businesses look to overseas institutions for the graduate employees they require, employers' leader...
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Newby voices Offa doubts
The proposed access regulator could cause a conflict of interest in the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the council's chief executive claimed this week. Speaking to the Association of...
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Burglars spot rich pickings
A third of students were victims of crime in the past year - 5 percentage points above the national average - according to Home Office figures, writes Alan Thomson. The figures published this week...
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Most nurses have not heard of their university
Only a fifth of nurses, but more than four-fifths of National Health Service managers, have heard of the NHS University, the preliminary findings of a Mori poll carried out for the NHSU reveal. The...
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Why I... believe the European Parliament must not outlaw stem-cell research
Last week, the European Parliament took an unprecedented step: MEPs voted to ban medical research that could lead to cures for diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson’s. This decision is opposed by...
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Students' turn for the push
Student staff on Florida's campus newspaper The Reporter were given just 15 minutes to leave the office last week after they went too far with their April Fool's edition, renamed The Distorter ,...
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Findings: Genetic link to Alzheimer's
Scientists at the University of Wales College of Medicine are hunting for more of the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease. Julie Williams, professor of neuropsychological genetics, said that...
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Aussie ideas match the best
Commercialisation of research by the best-performing ߣߣÊÓƵn universities is as good as the best in America and Europe, "and way above their average", a report prepared for the government says....
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US music industry to take student pirates to cleaners
The Recording Industry Association of America has filed suits against four university students for allegedly sharing copyrighted music over their universities' computer networks. The universities...
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Strength in variety
Hefce intends to develop a robust, diverse sector that offers quality at every level, says Howard Newby Much of the debate on the government’s white paper has focused on access. While the recent...
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Pay-to-pass exam scam probe
A state commission of inquiry has been set up in Chechnya into allegations by students at Groznyy University that they have to pay unofficial "fees" to pass their exams. Fourth-year students have...