Teaching bill dodges the critics
THE controversial Teaching and Higher Education Bill cleared another parliamentary hurdle this week after the government promised to cap fees at a quarter of the average cost of tuition. MPs voted on...
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No Joan
(Photograph) - No Joan: Cambridge University suffered a disappointment this week when popular singer Joan Armatrading failed to turn up at its Young Black Achievers Competition. Instead Labour MP...
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OU gets go-ahead for extra students
The Open University will receive Pounds 3.25 million to pay for 2,200 extra students next academic year under a Higher Education Funding Council for England scheme allowing institutions to bid for...
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Student exchange 'lopsided'
The Government is to urge British universities and colleges to consider turning away thousands of European students on exchange programmes. It wants them to drive harder bargains with partner...
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Cool water treatment for a centre of concern
Tony Tysome and Martin Ince (bottom) report on the work of the 'laboratory of Europe' IT IS as old as the European Commission; it takes up around Ecu 1 billion (Pounds 666 million) in European...
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De Montfort has money to burn
De Montfort University researchers have won Pounds 3 million from industry, research councils, the European Union and the Department for International Development. Among the awards is Pounds 186,000...
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Charity gives cash to gene and bacteria busters
The British Heart Foundation has awarded grants worth Pounds 4.5 million for research ranging from finding new ways to curb the growth of harmful bacteria in the heart to developing a better...
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Ford goes solar
Ford Motor Company has harnessed energy experts at a spin-off company of Cardiff University to monitor the performance of solar panelled roofing at the car maker's Bridgend plant. Energy Equipment...
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Cash for answers
Science minister John Battle has announced a fund worth more than Pounds 600,000 over three years to promote collaboration between industrial and academic researchers. The Department of Trade and...
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Sweet charity
A local charity has donated Pounds 350,000 towards the cost of research at De Montfort University on a "chemical pancreas" to alleviate the effect of diabetes. The Edith Murphy Foundation,...
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BSE rate declining
SCIENTISTS at Oxford University say that the incidence of BSE and Great Britain and Northern Ireland is declining rapidly and is likely to continue to do so over the next three years. A team led by...
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Prizes for star ideas
Leading British firms and institutions have launched an award scheme aimed at rewarding outstanding students in science, engineering and technology. The 12 categories for the awards cover the main...
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Reactor sideline sheds light on possible cancer cure
Tony Tysome and Martin Ince (bottom) report on the work of the 'laboratory of Europe' ASKED to justify the cash that goes into the Joint Research Centre, its managers would probably point to the...
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Grants to help Scots bring ideas to market
Scottish Enterprise is investing Pounds 750,000 in a fellowship scheme to help young academics commercialise their research. The Royal Society of Edinburgh this session awarded four enterprise...
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Green light for Oxford spin-offs
OXFORD University has spawned two new companies, one focusing on new electronic display technologies, the other on developing treatments for brain diseases like Alzheimer's. Display firm Opsys has...