Hefce may lose health cash grip
Medical schools are fighting plans to transfer their funding to the Department of Health from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, The THES learnt this week. Health secretary Alan...
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Crunch time for Roberts plan to overhaul research ratings
A "radical overhaul" of research assessment that will decide the fate of £1 billion of public funding will be placed before the funding councils next week. It consists of series of recommendations...
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Clinical science hit by huge cuts
Top-rated medical research in England will face cuts in the coming year despite reassurance that funding will be restored to departments rated 5 as well as 5*, writes Alison Goddard. Clinical...
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Women take on the Pole
Researchers at Cambridge University are conducting a sociological study of the first feminist ski expedition across Antarctica to the South Pole. The study will track a team of women aged between 50...
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RDAs 'too immature' to foster innovation
English regional development agencies do not have the experience needed to foster innovation, senior politicians heard this week. The higher education white paper proposed that RDAs be given a...
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Manchester forms nuclear bond
British Nuclear Fuels Limited is aiming to re-energise interest in nuclear science with a £2 million university research alliance. BNFL has signed a contract for a research partnership with the...
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Links to business aided by e-courses
E-learning could be a key vehicle for new collaborative arrangements in higher education sought by the government, a conference heard this week. It might also open up markets and help institutions to...
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80% lack faith in UK animal test rules
More than 80 per cent of the general public still suspect that scientific animal experiments are conducted behind closed doors without an official licence, according to a MORI poll published this...
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Light-touch quality regime faces first tough trial at Cambridge
The new quality assurance regime faces a make-or-break test as fiercely independent Cambridge University becomes one of the first institutions to be audited under the light-touch system. Quality...
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CBW detection study
The Royal Society yesterday launched a collaborative study to investigate how the latestscience and technology developments can advance the detection and decontamination of chemical and biological...
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Degree for apprentices
Modern apprentices are being offered the opportunity to take a degree at Thames Valley University. Some 20 modern apprentices who have completed their foundation training and gained national...
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Alumni rise to cash call
Students at the London Business School have raised $30,000 (£19,000) from alumni to create a funding pool that students can use to hone their investment skills. The second-year MBA students hope to...
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Newi forges Oxford link
The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education has struck a deal with Harris Manchester College, Oxford, to share staff and facilities. The partnership will provide Newi students with study...
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Faster links on trial
Next generation communications technology is being tested by 16 remote-learning centres using two-way satellite communications. The system is intended to connect off-campus and remote distance...
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York casts for lead role
Actress Dame Judi Dench has emerged as the early favourite to replace Dame Janet Baker as chancellor of the University of York. A replacement for opera singer Dame Janet, 69, who has been chancellor...