Taking power out of the formula for world peace
Unesco believes learning can build peace. Sagarika Dutt looks at how this vision can be realised. Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan acknowledged the contribution of outgoing Unesco...
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Elite may get 'beacon' status
An elite band of universities could be given "beacon" status under hastily redrafted plans for the future quality assurance regime drawn up this week in an attempt to end the deadlock over quality...
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Budget growth pledge leaves v-cs confused
Chancellor Gordon Brown's "course for a Britain of stability and steady growth" will need careful navigation if it is to benefit higher education, vice-chancellors warned this week. An initial...
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Council wrestles with ethics of using human tissue
The ethical dilemmas surrounding the collection, storage and use of human tissue samples are to be tackled in a set of guidelines being drawn up by the Medical Research Council. Draft proposals will...
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Supporters of bio-tech 'clusters' to receive millions
The government is considering pumping millions of pounds into universities and regional associations playing a crucial role in supporting the rapidly growing biotechnology industry. According to...
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Dons fear DTI cash comes with strings attached
Fears that ministers will have a direct hand in setting the research agenda at Cambridge University were exacerbated with confirmation that the Pounds 68 million of government funds for Cambridge's...
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Abandon the RAE, argues v-c
The next research assessment exercise should be abandoned to make way for a more modern and dynamic research funding system, a vice-chancellor argued at a national conference this week. Peter Knight...
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UEA says rape book is a mercenary stunt
The University of East Anglia has expressed its disgust at an attempt by a book publishing company to use an attempted rape on campus to sell a new novel. Pulp Books is claiming "life eerily imitates...
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Nursing ambitions
(Photograph) - Nursing ambitions: Alexandra Volodina, Marina Tosutsunava, Olga Shilinka, Marina Boykova and Marina Gaeva celebrate being the first nurses from Russia to achieve a nursing degree. They...
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Scottish higher education boosts economy by Pounds 1.3 billion
Scottish universities and colleges have a significant impact on their country's economy and are relatively competitive in winning lucrative research contracts compared with other institutions in the...
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Poor still slipping behind
Widening participation strategies for further and higher education have increased the gap in achievement between the poorest in society and the better-off majority, according to a new report. The...
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Universities set primary targets
A growing number of universities are targeting primary school pupils as potential undergraduates as selectors struggle to fill courses. But will their attempts to raise the aspirations of inner-city...
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Outreach programmes win share of special Pounds 9m funding pot
A scheme to target school-children for university places run by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne was promised Pounds 1.7 million this week. It was one of 70 projects to raise participation by...
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Medical schools seek end to bias on entry form
Medical schools' admissions policies are being revised in response to mounting evidence that there is an unwitting bias towards women and whites. Research by David James, admissions sub-dean at...
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Lobby for the first black v-c swells
Race equality watchdogs have urged universities and colleges to move faster on opening employment opportunities so that Britain could have its first black vice-chancellor within five years. The...