GM corn is not so deadly
A new study into the effects that genetically modified Bt corn, engineered to produce a natural insecticide, may have on insects it was not intended to affect has contradicted controversial research...
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City dweller needs umbrella
The rain-soaked dash home from work that the weather forecasters somehow overlooked is one of the pitfalls of urban life. Now meteorologists have been able to reveal the degree to which the...
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Visitors' days numbered
The visitor system for dealing with student complaints is "doomed", higher education minister Baroness Blackstone said this week. Her comments spell the end of an archaic system - dominated by...
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Disadvantaged targeted for extra medical places
The government was expected to exceed its stated target of 1,000 extra medical places by 2005, with the announcement this week of two new medical schools and more medical places at King's College,...
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Job freeze at Durham takes staff by surprise
The threat of going into the red has forced Durham University to freeze all new appointments as part of a cost-cutting strategy that has taken academics by surprise. In addition to the freeze, all...
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E-learning is complex issue
Stirling University's deputy principal Sally Brown said this week that the notion that new technologies allowed teaching to be improved more cheaply was "fundamentally misconceived", writes Olga...
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Big brands key to e-university
The e-university, trumpeted by education secretary David Blunkett in his speech at Greenwich in February, is in trouble as elite institutions hit snags. They fear that the project, which aims to...
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Cubie faces quizzing by student officers
Andrew Cubie is to be quizzed next month on the work underpinning his independent report by incoming student officers who want to see his proposals adopted throughout the UK. He is to speak at the...
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Cambridge prof heads GM ethics watchdog
(Photograph) - Malcolm Grant, professor of land economy at Cambridge University (below), has been appointed chair of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, an independent strategic...
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Petition to speed up animal research
Five Nobel laureates and 38 fellows of the Royal Society were among 110 leading medical signatories of an open letter demanding an end to red tape surrounding animal research. They called on Lord...
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Business savvy prized higher than a degree
A degree is no longer enough for graduates to compete for jobs in the capital, with most London employers valuing experience and generic business skills more highly, a study has found. Half of...
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Business bodies told to work with colleges
Robert Beattie, chairman of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, is to warn business and enterprise bodies that he expects them to embrace further education colleges as full partners in...
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Scots politicians to be lobbied by linguists
Modern language academics in Scotland are preparing to lobby the Scottish Parliament on a "joined-up policy" for language learning. The University Council of Modern Languages has set up a Scottish...
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Prince cancels visit after news is leaked
A planned visit by Prince Charles to Ulster University's Magee campus in Londonderry this week was cancelled at the last minute after news of the event was leaked. It is believed there were anxieties...
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V-cs help safeguard our vital statistics
Vice-chancellors are well represented on the newly appointed panel of National Statistics, an independent commission designed to safeguard the nation's statistics. Sir Kenneth Calman, Durham...