Southampton to cut 14 jobs in biology
Southampton University is set to cut a third of the academic staff in its School of Biological Sciences in a shake-up of the discipline, writes Anthea Lipsett. The university's council was to ratify...
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MPs attack expert's bias
MPs attacked the Government this week for appointing the Cambridge University professor who invented iris-scanning technology to the independent scientific group advising the Home Office on ID cards...
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Eye spy
MPs are unhappy that an academic advising the Government on iris-scanning technology for ID cards, John Daugman, has a commercial interest in its adoption and 'rubbishes anyone', such as Simon Davies...
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UK lags in research spending
UK spending on research continues to lag behind competitor countries, but British scientists have a disproportionately big impact, according to the Department of Trade and Industry, writes Anna...
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Population dip could spark crisis
Less prestigious universities may face a crisis in student recruitment after 2010 due to falling numbers of 18 to 20-year-olds, according to a new report. The Higher Education Policy Institute...
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Protesters lose appeal
Six students who interrupted a conference at Lancaster University in protest over "unethical" university business links have lost their appeal against an aggravated trespass conviction. The students...
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Newport city campus
The University of Wales, Newport has been given the green light to build a new campus in Newport's city centre. The development will be the first phase in a planned £50 million expansion. The campus...
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AllLearn goes off-line
Oxford University confirmed this week that it has closed AllLearn, the not-for-profit online education venture it had set up with Standford and Yale universities. It said: "After five years the cost...
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Confucius in Edinburgh
Edinburgh University is to host Scotland's first Confucius Institute, a centre to promote study of the Chinese language and a greater understanding of its literary culture, history and business. The...
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Warwick tops awards
Warwick University is the biggest winner in the second round of Science and Innovation Awards announced by the Government last week. The university won £8.8 million of £.7 million available to help...
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Correction
In The Times Higher league table of vice-chancellors' pay we incorrectly stated that Michael Goldstein of Coventry University earned £163,525 in 2004-05. In fact, Madeleine Atkins, who took over the...
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Personnel heads cool on rush for promotion
Framework hopes are likely to be dashed, finds Tony Tysome Hopes of brighter promotion prospects for academics as a new pay and grading structure rolls out are likely to be dashed, The Times Higher...
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Scots delight in record rise
Academics north of the border this week heard that there would be inflation-beating increases in funding for teaching and research in all 20 Scottish higher education institutions. The Scottish...
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Hotshots on ice eye Olympics
In 1860, a group of English veterans from the Crimean War hit a small "puck" -or circular rubber disc - across the frozen expanse of Kingston harbour in Ontario, Canada. The fastest game on Earth -...
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Welsh fret as grants inch up
Welsh universities were facing an uncertain future this week as grant allocations barely rose above the rate of inflation. The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales announced allocations...