OK for animal research
The government has given its support to animal experiments. The pledge followed a controversial report published last year by a House of Lords select committee that said animal experiments were vital...
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Web award for Bradford
The University of Bradford's careers service has won a national award for its needs-based website. Judges of the careers website of the year award run by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit...
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Cash is lavished on RAE giants
Key points Extra £1.25 billion for research by 2005-06 Research to be concentrated in top universities New RAE rating for top research departments PhD funding criteria to encourage concentration...
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Oxbridge: rich in research, poor in state-school pupils
Oxford Undergraduates 15,950 Postgraduates 6,200 Students from low social classes 10% Hefce teaching income £53m Hefce research income £65m Income from Hefce 32% Oxford anticipates a £4.3 million...
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Tomorrow's technology
High-speed genome sequencing, the most detailed study of atoms and electrons yet and a freezing platform to be used in the development of quantum electronics are among seven projects to share £21...
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England gets £10bn spend
Key points Student numbers to increase by 23,000 by 2005 through the expansion of foundation degrees £3 million to develop foundation degrees by 2005 Up to 70 teaching centres of excellence to be...
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Appointments
Ian Diamond has been appointed chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council. Professor Diamond is currently deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. Graham Durant has...
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Salford: community and business-minded
Undergraduates 18,585 Postgraduates 3,025 Students from low social classes 34% Hefce teaching income £37m Hefce research income £5.5m Income from Hefce 39% Salford University has strong links with...
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£2.3bn fails to buy off critics
The government paved the way for a multibillion pound investment in higher education yesterday in return for unprecedented and potentially fraught restructuring. Top-up fees of up to £3,000 repaid by...
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Colleges gain role in 14-19 reform
Key points: green paper response Short term Priority on maintaining stability and efficiency in A-level qualifications system. Implement Tomlinson recommendations to prevent repeat of last year's...
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MSPs seek inquiry into FE governance
Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning committee wants its post-election successor to investigate governance in further education colleges. The committee this week produced a "legacy paper" of...
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Baker defends actions and denies anti-Semitism
Mona Baker, the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology academic under investigation for dismissing two Israeli academics from the journals she edits, has spoken out for the...
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Training initiative to lighten GPs' load
US-style physician assistants are to be trained at the University of Hertfordshire in a move that could help to address Britain's shortage of GPs. In the US, physician assistants work under the...
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Whistleblowers: Student adviser gets community service
Overseas student immigration adviser Tony Otto has been sentenced to 150 hours' community service for providing illegal immigration services. Mr Otto, who was trading as Wings of Justice...
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Whistleblowers: Hefce report cites 59 cases of fraud
Funding chiefs logged 59 reports of fraud or financial irregularity last year, according to an annual audit report. The Higher Education Funding Council for England's audit committee report for 2001-...