Key national centre to go as chemistry loses priority cash
Core services will have to compete for 'responsive mode' EPSRC funding. Melanie Newman reports
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'Macho' culture drives women out of the labs
A "macho" culture in university laboratories is driving women out of the profession, a forthcoming report will warn.Some 6 per cent of chemistry professors are women, despite the UK having a 47 per...
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Links may boost Australian clout
Institutions eye US 'system university' model in bid to improve global rankings. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
JapanDemography menaces sectorJapanese universities are in danger of being bankrupted as changing demographics and falling public funding hit home. This year's tally of student applications is 700,...
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Lampeter redundancy plans draw union's ire
University blames higher wage bill as 'last resort' job cuts are mulled. Melanie Newman reports
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Strike warning as Coventry bypasses UCU on pay
A decision to bypass the lecturers' union to break an impasse over a performance-related pay structure at Coventry University has led to strike warnings from academic staff.The university has written...
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Bullying still rife at De Montfort
But an internal staff survey shows a modest improvement on last year. John Gill writes
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News in brief
Scottish higher educationUnion calls for tuition fee reviewThe Scottish Government must review levels of upfront tuition fees paid by English students attending Scottish universities to halt a...
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Make the words work
Students’ pleasure in writing is often knocked out of them by formal schooling. Blogging may become their only outlet of expression and, with a little encouragement, it is possible to reignite their...
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The ECJ confirms that the Disability Discrimination Act needs to change
Much of current UK discrimination law, including the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), is founded on the European Equal Treatment Framework Directive. The Framework Directive prohibits...
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Top 10 agricultural scientists based on total citations
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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The great professorial bulge
Our university faced mounting criticism last week when it emerged that more than 42 per cent of its academic staff now enjoyed the title of "professor". Although admitting that this was "somewhat in...
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No points for learning
Marking schemes are an admission of failure, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Leader: Honesty is not the best policy
Universities' admissions of their failings have been met with calls for stringent supervision, surely the wrong approach entirely