Share fall threatens medical research
Billions of pounds have been wiped off the value of the Wellcome Trust's endowment fund in the past two years, forcing it to review future funding plans for medical and biomedical research. The trust...
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Musicians trumpet tutor benefits
Some of the world's best musical performers gain as much from teaching in Britain's conservatoires as their students do from the lessons, research has found, writes Tony Tysome. New and improved...
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Academics at forefront of anti-war protests
Academics and students were in the vanguard of anti-war protests this week as military action against Iraq got under way. Lecturers' union Natfhe urged members to take part in "appropriate action...
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Badges, ballots, biscuits and binghamists
No wonder the tourists were confused. Outside Oxford's Divinity School they had passed a group of students lolling in the sun against anti-war placards, while among them entertainers capered in red...
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Oxford victor Patten to help pick new v-c
Oxford University's new "young and dynamic" chancellor, European commissioner Chris Patten, will play a significant role in the appointment of a vice-chancellor for Oxford who could, for the first...
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Cash boost to lift Scots ranking
Scotland's higher education institutions yesterday won a 5 per cent funding increase for the coming year, aimed at helping them maintain their position in the UK and international pecking order. The...
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AUTS: do not apply English blueprint
The Scottish Executive has been urged to reject any moves to follow the English white paper proposals for 6* departments and more selective research funding or many universities will be "fatally...
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Wales vows to hold back on top-up fees
Welsh universities will charge no top-up fees until at least April 2007, education minister Jane Davidson has said. She told delegates at the National Union of Students Wales spring conference in...
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Foundation degrees get the thumbs down
Two-year foundation degrees have been ruled out in Scotland, with universities pressed by the Scottish Executive to offer accelerated learning through better links with further education colleges,...
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Finding: Ageism affects cancer survival
Ageism could be affecting the survival rate of lung cancer patients in Britain, which is well below the European average, according to researchers from London, writes Natasha Gilbert. In a study...
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Next week
The front line of medicine Training medics who will tend troops in Iraq. Plus: Key issues for next week's European Universities Association conference in Bristol A surreal sale Furore over the...
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Student survey plans fall apart
The government looks set to abandon the first of its flagship student satisfaction surveys later this year amid fears that university and academic reputations will be damaged by distorted polls....
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Stargazer arrested in operatic double act
A British astronomer arrested for painting an anti-war slogan on the world-famous sails of the Sydney Opera House in ߣߣÊÓƵ faces deportation. Will Saunders was arrested on Tuesday together with...
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In the news: Suresh Deman
Suresh Deman's name strikes fear into the hearts of university managers across the land. He is a UK-based, India-born finance lecturer with US citizenship, and he has about 40 separate race - and...
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Appointments
* Keith Peters , regius professor of physic and head of the University of Cambridge's School of Clinical Medicine, has been elected president of the Academy of Medical Sciences. He succeeds Peter...