London to incubate bioscience
London is to launch itself as the leading centre for bioscience companies in a bid to overtake Oxford and Cambridge. Honor Chapman, acting chair of the London Development Agency, said: "There is a...
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Capital's colleges converge
London's universities are moving closer together, with plans for a joint advertising campaign and the possibility of more institutions joining the ranks of the University of London. The capital's 40...
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Historian resigns over Holocaust denial article
An issue of Canterbury University's magazine History Now containing an article on New Zealand's case of Holocaust denial has been recalled and destroyed. The journal's editor, Ian Campbell, has since...
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Science council moves
The government's science policy advisory group, the Council on Science and Technology, is to be taken out of the Department of Trade and Industry to reflect its cross-departmental role. Sir David...
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Partnership plans
Leicester University has announced a partnership agreement with Bishop Grosseteste College in Lincoln and Newman College of Higher Education in Birmingham. It hopes the alliance will help develop new...
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Derby v-c to retire
Derby University vice-chancellor Roger Waterhouse is to retire in July 2004. During his 13-year tenure, he has seen the institution develop from a higher education college to a modern university.
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Rise in post-16 success
Success rates among post-16 students improved significantly in 2001-02, figures from the Learning and Skills Council show. The number of students gaining qualifications rose to 65 per cent from 59...
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Fifth at Oxford have jobs
A fifth of Oxford University students work part time in term time even though they have been warned not to by their colleges, a survey has shown. Almost 70 per cent work during university holidays to...
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Joint bid to aid women
The Royal Society is to collaborate with Canada and France to tackle the underrepresentation of women in science and technology. Discussions at an international workshop last week revealed that both...
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£4.3m centre planned
Strathclyde University has won £4.3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to set up the UK's first doctoral training centre in medical devices. The centre will help make...
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Correction
The University of East London is in the process of seeking validation for its podiatry degree from the relevant professional bodies. A report in The THES (July 25) said that the course would not be...
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Call for talks on visa fee
Protests over the introduction of fees for overseas students' visa extensions grew louder this week as Universities UK demanded that ministers explain the move. Vice-chancellors have warned the Home...
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Bid to move ocean lab faces rough passage
A Natural Environment Research Council plan to ferry the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory across the Mersey is running into choppy water. The Proudman is due to relocate in September from the...
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Universities face industrial action over pay
Universities could face the most damaging campaign of industrial action in their history this autumn after the Association of University Teachers rejected last week's pay offer and lecturers' union...
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Elite 19 may reject cash bonus
Leading vice-chancellors may ignore government plans to pay £9,000 "golden hellos" to attract lecturers into shortage subjects, scuppering a Labour manifesto commitment. The elite Russell Group of 19...