Turning ideas into big bucks
Business plan contests with cash prizes are taking off as a way to tempt university researchers into a more entrepreneurial culture. Julia Hinde reports Commercialising university research and...
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Inequality in teaching pay
Julia Hinde pores over a THES/Royal Institution survey showing that male researchers are paid more to teach Male researchers appear to be paid on average 30 per cent more than women when it comes to...
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Where there's muck there's a doctorate
Peter Stenbro-Olsen is enjoying the sweet smell of success after being awarded the country's first doctorate in composting. According to the Dundee City Council composting officer, who began his part...
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Blair to market academia
The government is to launch a campaign to give British universities the edge in overseas markets worth billions of pounds. Prime minister Tony Blair and education secretary David Blunkett are...
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NUS votes for Pakes to lead on
Andrew Pakes was decisively voted in for a second term as National Union of Students president this week, foiling predictions of a far left victory. Mr Pakes, a Labour student, beat Left Unity...
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Students want six of the best for ILT
The National Union of Students has called for clear minimum professional standards for all lecturers as part of the new Institute for Learning and Teaching. It wants the 24 outcomes outlined for the...
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One in four students drops out
Up to one in four full-time degree students at English institutions drops out before completing their courses, according to figures compiled by The THES. The figure, which is based on funding council...
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Blueprint for Scotland calls for collaboration
The Association of Scottish Colleges has welcomed the long-awaited Scottish Office strategic framework for further education. The government paper, Opportunities for Everyone, highlights three key...
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North London scraps 'no-strike' contract
The University of North London has withdrawn proposed new contracts for academic staff, which would have banned strikes and taken it out of a national agreement with unions on pay and conditions....
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Pounds 9.5 million HEFCE will continue, says review
The Higher Education Funding Council for England will continue in its present role, its quinquennial review has concluded. The review looked at the possibility of abolishing HEFCE, privatising some...
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Employers' association faces three pay claims
The Association of University Teachers will meet The Universities and Colleges Employers Association today for the first time to discuss next year's pay claim. The union has threatened to call its...
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Public discuss need for creative Nesta
The extent to which the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts should inspire people who have left formal education is the most contentious aspect of the early responses to the...
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Website for women interested in careers in science and technology
* A website for women interested in careers in science and technology was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry' s Promoting Women in SET unit. It is at www.set4women.gov.uk
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Pounds 50,000 spring bonus for engineering teams
Three university engineering departments this week pocketed Pounds 50,000 each as winners of the secretary of state (Department of Trade and Industry) University/Industry Partnership Prizes....
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Action to encourage black teachers into FE
College leaders have agreed to set up a commission to examine ways to encourage more black teachers into further education. The Association of Colleges, the Further Education Funding Council and...