Soas two to return
Two university librarians are expected to be reinstated at the School of Oriental and African Studies after their redundancies prompted 18 academics to resign from non-contractual duties. Managers at...
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Cancer centre set up
Manchester University has launched a cancer research centre that it hopes will make it a world leader in the exploration and treatment of cancer. The Manchester Cancer Research Centre will bring...
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Scientific advice inquiry
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee is to hold an inquiry into the way the Government obtains and uses scientific advice in the development of policy. Written submissions are...
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Principled training
The General Medical Council has joined forces with the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board to set out core guidance for medical education. Under the Principles of Good Medical Education...
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Student awards 2006
The Higher Education Academy subject centres, in conjunction with Toshiba, have launched the 2006 National Student Awards. The essay competition asks higher education students to discuss how their...
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BA shortlists books
The British Academy has announced the shortlist for its 2005 book prize. The books are: The Stories of English by David Crystal; A Life of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream by Nicola...
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Colleges' mixed report
Further education colleges that are major providers of higher education could develop a similar role to the community colleges in the US, the first major government-backed review of the further...
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Hefce to spend or return £20m
The Higher Education Funding Council for England must spend £20 million on its newly established cadre of university centres to promote best teaching practice or risk having to return it to the...
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Charity urges shift in dropout policy to end stigma of failure
A wholesale change in the way that higher education treats students who drop out of courses was urged this week. Leaving a degree course early should not be seen as a failure for students, concludes...
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Repair bill may drive Swansea from home
Swansea University is considering the drastic step of relocating to the small neighbouring town of Llanelli after consultants revealed that its main campus needs £32 million of emergency maintenance...
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Plymouth under fire as campus faces closure
Academics and students have criticised Plymouth University's decision to close its Exmouth campus despite strong objections raised during a lengthy consultation. The university said it was expected...
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Leeds seeks biologists following faculty rejig
Leeds University has announced a recruitment drive after a complete overhaul of biological sciences and is advertising 14 new posts in The Times Higher this week. Leeds is the latest redbrick...
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Trio to sign up to exploit ideas
Three more universities are expected to sign deals with intellectual property firm IP2IPO to exploit their academics' ideas and inventions. IP2IPO creates spin-off companies at Oxford, Southampton,...
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Expert hails Victorian role models
Entrepreneurship will thrive in universities if academics return to a Victorian idea of higher education, a business professor has claimed, writes Jessica Shepherd. Allan Gibb, professor emeritus of...
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Entrepreneur offers chance to jump the queue
Bokani Tshidzu had been queuing for bread for two hours in the fierce Zimbabwean heat when she had a brainwave. Why not offer people the chance to pay to swap places with those in front of them in a...