Drugs expert under fire
CONTROVERSIAL drugs researcher Martin Plant, whose Pounds 120,000 grant has been suspended by the Scottish Office, narrowly avoided an Edinburgh University disciplinary hearing because his contract...
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Film collection goes to Warwick
A RETIRED German film critic has sold a collection of film memorabilia from pre-war Germany to the University of Warwick in a gesture of regret for second world war bombing raids on Coventry. Henning...
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Tribunal upholds Dundee sacking
A Dundee University lecturer who directed a student field trip to the wrong site and then casually said "What's in a name?" was not dismissed unfairly, an industrial tribunal has ruled. The tribunal...
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Look back
(Photograph) - Look back: an illustrated film programme from Veit Harlan's 1940 anti-Semitic melodrama Jud Su' (above) is part of a rare collection of German cinema memorabilia acquired by the...
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Ethnic staff rates targeted
LECTURERS, vice chancellors and funding council officials are hiring researchers to find out why universities employ so few people from ethnic minorities as academic staff. Research planned for this...
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Oxford philanthropist leads LSE fundraising
Henry Drucker, who helped raise more than Pounds 340 million for Oxford University, will lead a fundraising team for the London School of Economics. Dr Drucker, who founded the consultancy firm...
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Greenwich expands down the river
GREENWICH University is planning a new Pounds 90 million London campus that would combine technology and Oxbridge-style punting. The campus, which will be built using public and private money, will...
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Young creators to get government cash
The government is allocating Pounds 200 million to support inventors, artists and designers early in their careers. Funds for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts are being...
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UCoSDA certified by national training body
THE Universities and Colleges Staff Development Agency has won recognition as a National Training Organisation. The Higher Education Training Organisation was one of 19 in the second round of NTOs...
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Leeds handed 'not approved' rating
Leeds University is the first old university to receive a "not approved" rating under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's new teaching quality assessment system. The poor rating came...
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Petition attacks TVU senior management
About 300 staff and students at Thames Valley University have signed a petition saying they lack confidence in vice chancellor Mike Fitzgerald and his management team and calling for action from the...
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Deadline for New Deal cash approaches
COLLEGES have just over a week left in which to apply for extra money to educate more young people and long-term unemployed adults. Up to Pounds 6 million is available for 1997-98. Colleges have...
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AUT campaigns against short-term contracts
The Association of University Teachers has begun a campaign against short fixed contracts for academic staff. In her New Year address, AUT president Penny Holloway called on higher education...
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Students' perceptions of teaching examined
The Teacher Training Agency is joining forces with the National Union of Teachers to conduct a national survey of sixth-form and further education students' perceptions of teaching as a profession....
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Scottish intake avoids last-minute surge
There is no evidence of a dramatic surge in Scottish higher education intakes this session, according to provisional figures from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. This runs counter to...