IT firms asked to join in new internet project
The head of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is courting information technology companies in the UK to persuade them to collaborate on the next generation internet. The PPARC is...
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University museums to keep charitable status
University museums and galleries with charitable status will continue to qualify for the benefits it confers, following a review by the Charity Commission, according to Resource, the Council for...
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Call for GM farming to be monitored closely
A new strategic advisory body should be set up to look at the issues raised by the use of genetic biotechnology on farm animals, the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission said this...
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Opinions on science strong but ill-informed
Education and news media are doing little to improve the public's knowledge of topical science issues, Cardiff researchers said this week. But ignorance about science did not stop people holding...
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Ex-BBC man becomes Culture Online head
The Culture Department has appointed the UK's first director of Culture Online, charged with increasing digital access to the UK's heritage. Jonathan Drori, managing director of Thoughtsmith...
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17th-century walls were well dressed
Seventeenth-century builders were not keen on washing their dirty linen in public - they hid it in the walls of houses instead. Now the Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton is...
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Stem-cell exile raises hopes
Just over a year ago, Roger Pedersen moved into his new office on the edge of Cambridge. The arrival of another scientist amid the sprawl of laboratories on the Addenbrooke's site would not normally...
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Restructured Hefce appoints funding tsars
Directors were appointed at the Higher Education Funding Council for England this week as the organisation restructured itself in line with its strategic plan, writes Alison Goddard. The directors...
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Universities dig in for showdown over targets
Vice-chancellors are poised to raise the tension over funding and student expansion by demanding to know why higher education is being kept in the dark by the government on both issues. Top of the...
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Whistleblowers: UCE recovers salary from lecturer who lied
The University of Central England has recovered several thousand pounds wrongly paid to former lecturer Elizabeth Hall after an investigation by The THES found that she had lied to overturn her...
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Institute aims to be first specialist arts university
Art and design academics have encouraged the London Institute to bid to become Britain's first specialist arts university. Governors of the institute will meet in October to discuss the future...
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Tories try to push their wares at fresher fairs
The Conservatives will kick off the new academic year with a campaign to capture the hearts and minds of a new generation of students. The party is planning a high-profile presence at freshers' fairs...
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PGCE 'on the brink'
Many of Britain's best teacher training institutions are "teetering on the brink" of dropping the subject, according to university administrators. The cost of running PGCE courses has risen so much...
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Colleges' declining fortunesthreaten participation goal
The government's 50 per cent participation target for higher education is in jeopardy because of a funding crisis in further education, lecturers' union leaders claimed this week, writes Tony Tysome...
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Sexism in science is targeted
Universities and science policy-makers have been told they must crack "the two-body problem" to ensure the future of physics research. Doing so would do much to help women who want careers in science...