Anti-cancer pioneers
Two Dundee University mathematicians have been awarded £160,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop a new breed of "targeted" anti-cancer drugs. Fordyce Davidson and...
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Doctors' champion
Ruth McDonald of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at Manchester University has been awarded a Harkness Fellowship in health care policy to take forward her work on the UK's...
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Movie great goes north
One of the world's most revered film-makers has been appointed to a professorship at Aberdeen University Chilean director Raoul Ruiz has been appointed professor of film and modern thought.
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Maestro retires
Edward Gregson is to retire as principal of the Royal Northern College of Music in July 2008, after 12 years in charge. His legacy is a new library building, refurbishment of the main building and,...
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Knight of soccer
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, has named Sir Tom Farmer, founder of the Kwik-Fit chain of garages, its founding chancellor. Sir Tom, a devout Roman Catholic, was made a Knight of St Gregory,...
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Fair do's for Durham
Durham University has been awarded Fairtrade status by the Fairtrade Foundation, the charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged producers in the developing world to get a better deal for their...
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Oxbridge favours Eton
More pupils from independent schools are going to Oxbridge despite government initiatives to broaden access, it was revealed this week. Almost twice as many places at Oxford were offered to students...
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Correction
The vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor, earned £157,000 in 2005-06, not the £177,000 listed in our pay table (February 23), which included the university's pension contribution.
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Changes to work law begin to bite
Sector sees dramatic fall in the number of fixed-term contract staff, improving morale and leading to better job security for researchers. Anthea Lipsett and Melanie Newman explain. For Girish...
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Florida bans visits to 'terrorist' states
A judge has upheld a Florida law that in effect prevents students and faculty at public universities in that state from travelling to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, which the US Government...
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Inquiry into academic freedom in Hong Kong
Judicial inquiry will look at claims that the Education Secretary meddled in an institute's affairs. Liz Heron reports. A judicial inquiry has been launched into whether Hong Kong's Education...
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Text on creation deluges France
France's secular education system has been targeted by a Muslim creationist who has distributed to universities and lycees thousands of copies of a book that claims that living creatures did not...
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EU launches drive for research champions
Research council expected to raise Europe's game in innovation, writes Lars Rugaard The European Union's ambitious European Research Council was launched last week with the aim of creating what its...
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Ombudsman to rule on Cyprus exclusion
The European Ombudsman is to rule on a charge that the European Commission is guilty of "maladministration" for refusing to allow the Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus to take part...
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Tartu gets temporary leader
Tartu University's difficulties in electing a new rector have been deferred after an interim acting rector was appointed, writes Vera Rich. Tonu Lehtsaar, professor of practical theology and a former...