£20m for buildings
Andy Kerr, Scotland's finance minister, has announced £20 million to modernise buildings in universities and colleges, in advance of the Scottish Executive's autumn spending review. The two sectors...
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Campus transfer
Northumbria University has completed negotiations for the transfer of its Carlisle campus to the University of Central Lancashire. The handover will take place on August 1 2004. The Higher Education...
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OU wins award
The Open University received an international prize this week in recognition of the success of a series of short courses that have helped 10,000 people into higher education. The Commonwealth of...
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Return of texts sought
Edinburgh University is setting up an expert committee to investigate a call from the Ethiopian Government for the return of manuscripts said to have been looted by British soldiers more than a...
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Trent shake-up follows staff poll
A major senior management shake-up at Nottingham Trent University has come after a damning poll that showed that a third of staff had no confidence in their managers. The results of the survey,...
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Alarm over plans for Nottingham vet school
Nottingham University unveiled plans this week to create the first new veterinary science school for half a century - only for the representative body for vets to question the need for another school...
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It's Brit Art, but not as we know it
The cave engravings emerged first, then shadowy bas-reliefs. Steve Farrar reports The finest collection of Ice Age bas-relief sculpture found on a cave ceiling is as elusive as it is beautiful....
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MPs deliver a rocket to 'deeply flawed' Beagle 2 programme
Colin Pillinger, the Open University scientist who led Beagle 2 , the UK's failed mission to Mars, defended himself against a fresh rain of blows from the European Space Agency this week, writes Anna...
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Wellcome revises funding brief to focus on outcomes
Research funding at the Wellcome Trust, hit hard by stock market losses in recent years, is set to remain stable for the next few years, the organisation's new director of science funding has told...
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Bill's rough ride to get on the statute books
In just six months, Parliament has approved fundamental changes to English higher education that, depending on the view taken, will save or doom universities and students. Many in the sector find it...
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Graduates who can figure it out land highest-paid jobs
Students hoping to land the highest paid jobs after graduation should study subjects based on numbers rather than words, suggests an analysis of graduate salaries published this week. Graduates of...
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Elite stump up millions in hunt for research stars
Nottingham There has been a "step change" in top academic salaries at Nottingham University, partly in response to the recruitment market becoming increasingly competitive, according to Keith Jones,...
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Stress and bias prove a winning BA formula
Groundbreaking research that suggests that our response to stressful situations such as divorce or losing a job is written in our genes has landed Terrie Moffitt a British Academy fellowship....
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Lap dancers will seek to unionise, says academic
Lap-dancing clubs could start targeting a female audience as a result of moves to unionise erotic dancers in the UK, a Stirling University industrial relations expert predicts. Gregor Gall told the...
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100 foundation degrees are put on hold by awarding body
Awarding body Edexcel has been forced to abandon plans to offer almost 100 foundation degree courses from September, after The Times Higher 's report that the proposed courses would breach academic...