Rectors voice basic research fears
The heads of Europe's universities are concerned about the planned European Union Sixth Framework Research Programme being focused on large targeted studies. They fear there could be insufficient...
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Space unit is on launch pad
Leicester's National Space Centre could rocket the country's space science into a more visible orbit. Tony Tysome reports. Leicester University's ten-year ambition to create a National Space Centre...
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Ready for take-off
Sally Brown's enthusiasm is contagious. She is membership director for the Institute for Learning and Teaching and, despite the bad press since the ILT's conception in 1998, she is undaunted by the...
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Lessons from learners
Lancaster saved money by hiring students as consultants, Nicki Household writes. Lancaster University has hit on a novel way to address some of its thornier management problems. Instead of employing...
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Cambridge is worth 170 Guildhalls
Cambridge University is worth 170 London Guildhalls or four Edinburgh Universities, according to a THES analysis. Cambridge, followed by Oxford, tops the tables for assets, endowments, reserves and...
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Bradford calls on peace experts
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities Bradford University is applying its expertise in conflict resolution in the international arena to help resolve...
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City riot leads to student worries
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities . Bradford University received calls from anxious parents within hours of the break-out of last weekend's riots in the...
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'Race myopia' in universities
Alison Utley looks at the fall-out from flare-ups in multi-ethnic communities. Institutional racism is rife in British universities, according to a sociologist researching the problem for the Higher...
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Scots promised a radical review of lifelong learning
The Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee has pledged the most fundamental review of post-compulsory education and training since the Robbins report nearly 40 years ago....
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Business schools under fire
The United Kingdom lacks world-class business schools, universities are failing to produce the skills business needs and management research is of limited relevance, according to a government panel....
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Water great idea
Water great idea: Cajsa Flensburg's revolutionary take on the ladies' loo has won the Royal College of Art's annual design award. Inspired by her own misery as a woman using public lavatories, her...
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Doubts raised over merger
Governors of London Guildhall University have voiced doubts over its proposed merger with the University of North London. Minutes of a board meeting held in mid-June, seen by The THES , express...
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Surprised Cambridge seeks fall in EU interest
Cambridge University has suffered a severe drop in the number of European Union students applying for postgraduate places. Applications from EU students fell 14 per cent in 1999-2000 but Cambridge...
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Union demands fee promise
Lecturers' union Natfhe is demanding a government guarantee on the level of university tuition charges amid fears that increasing them could mean differential fees by the back door. The union, due to...
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Endow to free up research, says expert
Cash endowments should replace grants for basic research in universities, according to a leading social policy expert. Julian Le Grand, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics,...