Imperial Collegeās new president to be Alice Gast
Imperial College London has named Alice Gast as its next president.

Imperial College London has named Alice Gast as its next president.

Landmarks, āstarchitectureā, green reuse, city-centre strategies: Chris Parr on forces shaping the sectorās bricks and mortar

Teacher trainingGove announces reviewMichael Gove, the education secretary, has announced an independent review of the quality and effectiveness of initial teacher training courses. The review, which...
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 While EU governments are making funding available for nanotechnology research, major pharmaceutical companies are investing very little money or human resources in this field,...

More than Ā£25 million has been awarded by Englandās funding council to 20 pilot projects designed to support postgraduate students.

Tara Brabazon on an attempt to capture and express the voice of young people

Racist government policies hurt the higher education sector, says KevinĀ Fong, but the harm doesnāt stop there
It is hardly surprising that the pace of growth in anglophone taught masterās courses offered in continental Europe is picking up (āA warm Euro welcome - andĀ in English, tooā, News, 10Ā October).For...

Nicholas Till acknowledges his debt to Margaret Thatcher and explains why he regrets his Cambridge degree

āThick skinā helped research council boss take the flak for controversial shaping capability measures
Twenty institutions have been announced as winners of the Queenās Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education.

Saudi Arabian scholarship programmeAmerica, here they comeHuge investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in overseas scholarships brought a flood of young Saudis to the US, an analysis suggests....
Saudi Arabian scholarship programmeAmerica, here they comeHuge investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in overseas scholarships brought a flood of young Saudis to the US, an analysis suggests....
Brussels, 08 Sep 2006 The news: World-wide competition to attract research and innovation investment is growing. In addition to attractive locations such as the US and Japan, new competitors have...

The capital element of the science budget should be ring fenced to avoid the peril of āannouncement-based politicsā, according to Labourās new shadow minister for the sector.