Counting on colleagues
An institute for mathematical science was launched at Imperial College London this week. Some 50 mathematicians - both staff and visiting fellows - will work for three-year stints researching...
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Forger behind bars
A Manchester man was jailed this week after helping illegal immigrants obtain student visas with forged documents. Samoury Toure, 53, of Moss Side, Manchester, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment...
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Draft law on organ use
The government has published the Human Tissue Bill to regulate the retention and use of human tissue and organs in medical research, in the wake of the Alder Hey and Bristol inquiries. The proposed...
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Clarke pushes variable scheme
Education secretary Charles Clarke went head to head with Labour rebels this week, making his pre-Christmas sales pitch for top-up fees repaid through a graduate contributions scheme rather than a...
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Rebel MPs furious over v-cs' support for government line
Rebel Labour MPs this week turned on vice-chancellors for backing the government's top-up fee plans, writes Alison Goddard. Universities UK sparked fury this week when it published the case for...
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Testing times for Cambridge types
Testing prospective students on their ability to think is proving better than A levels and interviews at predicting subsequent academic success, a conference heard this week, writes Alison Goddard....
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EU cash plans put on hold
European plans to fund human embryonic stem-cell research have been put on ice after ethical objections from three countries. A proposal by the European Commission to grant central European Union...
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MRC chief calls for budget to double
Britain's success in biomedical research is "miraculous" given its budget, but without a massive injection of cash it will be lost, the new chief executive of the Medical Research Council warned MPs...
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Stem-cell work under threat
UK stem-cell researchers face the prospect of greater international isolation as opponents in the European Parliament and the United Nations consider moves to restrict their work. A bid to get...
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The highs and lows of the peripatetic life
Working as an academic commuter is difficult and stressful, writes Ruth Morse, but it can have its benefits If anyone had told me, in the 1970s, that I would spend most of my time commuting...
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Jobwatch: reheat your career
As Europe faces the chill of winter, academics may warm to a job in the statistical sciences department at the University of Cape Town, or a post as halls administrator in the West Indies, writes...
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Who got that job?
Ivan Popov, 44 Job advertised in The THES , April 4 2003 New Directions Lecturer in Rapid Product Development Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering Portsmouth University The position...
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We plant seeds, but they make them grow
Facilitating rather than teaching lies at the heart of successful problem-based learning, says Maggi Savin-Baden. "Mummy, why do the clouds move?" my three-year-old asked as she climbed on to a chair...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Karen Mattick Age : 31 Job : Lecturer in clinical education, Peninsula Medical School, a partnership between...
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100 new chairs created in bid to lift RAE scores
More than 100 new chairs are being created by UK universities in a multimillion-pound restructuring drive aimed at securing them top marks in the next research assessment exercise. As research...