Memorial to principal
Stirling University has commemorated its former principal, Colin Bell, who died suddenly a year ago, by naming a new building after him to boost research in applied social science. Christine Hallett...
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£150m training fund
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is inviting universities that want to make links with industry to apply for funds from a new £150 million collaborative training fund. The new...
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Survey of disadvantage
Female scientists feel disadvantaged on salary and promotion compared with their male counterparts, according to a survey released this week by the Athena Project, at a conference at Bristol...
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Fears on tissue bill 'are ignored'
Fears were growing this week that the new human tissues bill could strangle important medical research. The Royal Society has warned that the government is unlikely to compromise on the new "...
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Plug is pulled on e-university
The government's flagship e-university, hailed by ministers as the Open University for the 21st century, is to be dismantled after embarrassing performance failures, writes Phil Baty. The UKeU,...
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Union is set to vote for a single pay spine
The Association of University Teachers was expected to formally sign up for the biggest shake-up of academic careers for 40 years as The Times Higher went to press this week. As a three-week ballot...
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Old sea chart is so current
Satellite imaging has revealed the deep understanding of ocean currents possessed by medieval cartographers. Comparison of a pioneering 16th-century chart of the North Atlantic with the latest...
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'Curb Offa or we don't back bill'
Vice-chancellors have threatened to withdraw their support for the higher education bill if the government does not formally restrict the powers of the planned Office for Fair Access. Baroness...
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Hefce staff-borrowing plan 'absurd'
Government plans for an independent university access regulator were branded absurd this week after it was revealed that the body would have to borrow staff as well as offices from England's higher...
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Dignified game of cat and mouse
Steve Farrar was surprised to find that the fur did not fly at last week's Times Higher debate on animal research. There was no heckling, no shouting down. No one walked out, no one cried, no one...
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Bristol overseas ventures under fire
Quality watchdogs have criticised one of Britain's most prestigious universities, Bristol, for failing to exercise proper control over standards on courses run in collaboration with overseas partners...
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Court refuses to reopen Oxford race case
The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt to reopen a failed race discrimination claim against Oxford University. Lawyers acting for former Oxford postgraduate Nadeem Ahmed said that he risked...
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Merge two-track finance system, says DFES report
Steps should be taken towards creating a single funding system for further and higher education in England, an advisory group reporting to the government has concluded. Such a move is needed to...
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Scots split over role of funding council
Speculation is growing that the Scottish Executive could give a merged further and higher education funding council the power to tell universities and colleges what to teach. Draft legislation to...
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Bradford arms forces with peacekeeping expertise
Bradford University academics have signed up to help British armed services personnel keep the peace in conflict zones such as Iraq. The university has won a Ministry of Defence contract to provide...