Equality drive
Urgent action is needed to address gender barriers to careers in medical research and teaching, according to the British Medical Association's Women in Academic Medicine study. A preliminary report...
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Spin-off boom
The number of spin-off companies with links to universities are rising, according to a survey published this week. The sixth Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey also...
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Mixed views on Howard's end
Sir Howard Newby's early exit from UWE - and his legacy - has divided opinion among staff and students, Melanie Newman writes. During his five years in charge of the £6 billion annual higher...
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Cultural studies conference looks to shake off Mickey Mouse image
It has been branded the ultimate "vague, wishy-washy" subject: the study of "just any old thing", which is subject to further ridicule by its "naff" name. But hundreds of academics will rally this...
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Senior staff migration grows
More senior academics are leaving Britain than migrating into the country, according to a report by Universities UK, writes Melanie Newman. In its policy briefing on the international market in...
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In memoriam
The family of the late Dame Anne McLaren and the late Donald Michie have established memorial funds in their names. A fund to support female scientists will be named in honour of Dame Anne, the first...
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Student union support
The Government has pledged £280,000 to allow student unions to participate in a new quality programme - the Students' Union Evaluation Initiative. It aims to improve student unions' governance,...
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Cosmic prize awarded
A conservation biologist whose research focuses on global environmental changes and their impact on biodiversity and people has been awarded the 2007 International Cosmos Prize. Georgina Mace,...
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Access agenda is now back on track
Reversing last year's backward slide, entry to higher education by students from poorer families shows a modest rise. Ministers breathed a sigh of relief this week as the annual higher education...
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Research elite spin funding into gold
This year's performance indicators reveal the widening efficiency gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in research funding. The data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency includes an...
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The hard work to halt attrition starts to pay off
Universities have achieved modest improvements in dropout rates in the past year. The annual performance indicators from Higher Education Statistics Agency show that 8.8 per cent of students who...
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Gender gap unchanged
Gender equality has not changed over the past ten years, a group of researchers at Manchester University have found. Francesca Gains, Claire Annesley and Kirstein Rummery claim in their book, New...
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Govt websites panned
The Government's websites are difficult to understand and lacking in information despite the £208 million spent on them, according to a joint paper by researchers at Oxford University and the London...
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Derby translation coup
An Iraqi student from Derby University has developed a wrist-mounted gadget that translates Arabic and Kurdish that will be made available to military and police services. Amin Ismail's potentially...
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School fruit pointless
Free fruit at school is not improving children's health, according to research from Leeds University. Joan Ransley analysed the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme 2004 and found that after seven...