UK leads space-based disaster monitoring
The UK is leading a project to create a constellation of earth-observation satellites to monitor natural and man-made disasters. Surrey Space Centre, a commercial joint venture between Surrey...
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London Metropolitan name gets go-ahead
The Privy Council has approved the name London Metropolitan University for the merged London Guildhall University and the University of North London. It will come into use on August 1. The university...
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National insurance rise may cost £70m
Higher education institutions could have to pay £70 million more next year because of the 1 per cent rise in employers' national insurance contributions. The estimate, by the Universities and...
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Oscar Wilde gift stolen from Magdalen College
A ring worth £35,000 given to a friend by Oscar Wilde has been stolen from Magdalen College, Oxford. The 18-carat gold friendship ring was stolen on May 2, but details of the theft have just been...
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Your pre-flight check: fuel, flaps.. Bible
The Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, US, has a course in aircraft maintenance/missionary aviation. The fundamentalist Christian institution where Ian Paisley once studied and which...
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The Royal Society savaged by MPs
The 340-year-old Royal Society has been forced to defend itself during a 75-minute grilling by MPs. Royal Society president Lord May faced a barrage of questions from the Common's science and...
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Low pay to blame for staff crisis
A rapidly worsening staff recruitment crisis could push universities to breaking point if student expansion continues without a massive cash injection, employers have warned. "Deeply worrying"...
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Hunt ready to fight for 15 per cent pay rise
Employers were handed a "massive IOU" by the Association of University Teachers at its annual council this week, with new general secretary Sally Hunt promising to back up demands for a 15 per cent...
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NUS downcast as Blair drags feet on student support
Student leaders fear the government is preparing them for bad news on student support. Senior officials at the National Union of Students are increasingly pessimistic about the outcome of the...
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'Guidance' ousts 'compliance' at QAA
The legacy of former Quality Assurance Agency chief executive John Randall was all but swept away this week when it was confirmed that his "standards infrastructure" will be downgraded to mere...
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£25m technology institutes come to aid of local learners and firms
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has announced the successful bidders for 18 new technology institutes to share £25 million. The institutes will be regional groupings of universities and...
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Alexander goes, but her vision survives
There is dismay in Scottish higher education over the unexpected resignation of enterprise and lifelong learning minister Wendy Alexander, and a warning that it must not deflect her strategies to put...
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Smart system takes to the road
A navigation system to help disabled people find their way around a built-up environment has been trialled successfully at Newcastle University's city-centre campus. Thirty wheelchair users gave...
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Whistleblowers: Research projects lacked ethical approval
The University of Staffordshire has been conducting research without proper ethical approval. In a document seen by The THES , the university's academic ethics committee warns that "projects that...
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Students may lose in mergers
The National Union of Students' new welfare officer warned this week that university mergers may leave students with a worse deal. Verity Coyle, president of Lincoln University student union, said...