Welsh unconvinced about the role of regulator
The Welsh Assembly may decide against appointing an access regulator for higher education, it emerged this week. Assembly education minister Jane Davidson has asked the Higher Education Funding...
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Themed centres mooted
The 70 centres of teaching excellence proposed in the white paper on higher education could be theme-based regional consortia of universities, colleges or departments, according to the Higher...
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Research plagued by low pay
The salaries of Scottish researchers are too low despite better levels of university funding since devolution, according to a science agenda for Scotland published this week. It says that...
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£100m for neutron lab
The UK's neutron centre at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is to receive more than £100 million, the Department of Trade and Industry has announced. The money will pay for a wing at the Isis...
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Health collaboration
Brunel, Nottingham and Ulster universities are to set up a £6.3 million Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare to improve medical research and development exploitation. The...
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New medical academy
Anglia Polytechnic University this week launched a postgraduate medical academy. The Centre for Postgraduate Medical Education will offer accredited courses for doctors, nurses and other healthcare...
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Tech park purchased
Loughborough University has purchased a £35.5 million technology park. The 163-acre site, bought from Advantica Technologies, will allow the university to increase postgraduate and research student...
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Whistleblowers: Northumbria threatens academic over email
Northumbria University has removed anti-war material from the internet site of one of its leading psychology academics after warning that his messages could be offensive to students who support the...
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V-c hired as talent spotter
The government has set Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel University, the task of identifying the relative merits of university applicants. Professor Schwartz and his team, which has yet to...
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Welsh council hurt by 'irregular' deals
Mismanagement by the National Council for Education and Training Wales has caused "significant damage" to its reputation and that of the Welsh National Assembly, a report from the assembly's audit...
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NI finance blunder exposed
Student loans in Northern Ireland were financed by England's Department for Education and Skills, an Audit Office report says. The mistake happened because the Student Loans Company registered...
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£23m loan to secure grant
Imperial College London has borrowed £23 million from the European Investment Bank in order to bring in three times as much in government cash. The college had secured funding from the Science...
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War will prompt rethink of theory
The war in Iraq is likely to transform scholarly thinking on politics for years to come, academics said this week. Popular theories in the areas of international relations, international security and...
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Institute unveils its blueprint for future
The Cambridge MIT Institute has launched a new strategy, halfway into its initial five-year lifespan. This week's statement follows a mid-term review carried out by new executive directors Michael...
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Shock at TV verdict
Staff at the Welsh further education college where Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheat Tecwen Whittock is head of business studies expressed shock at his conviction for attempting to defraud the TV...