UCL picks Grant as its provost
Malcolm Grant was this week appointed provost of University College London, writes Alison Goddard. Professor Grant, who is pro vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, will take up the post on...
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Minister: all to retain research
All universities will have a three-strand mission of teaching, research and knowledge transfer, science minister Lord Sainsbury said this week, writes Caroline Davis. The higher education white paper...
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Lab nets cash for accelerator scheme
Staff at the once beleaguered Daresbury laboratory are celebrating another milestone in securing funding towards a £120 million project that will put the lab at the cutting edge of accelerator...
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Trust enters £40m pact
The Wellcome Trust has announced a £40 million project targeting research into illnesses such as cancer, neurological disorders and malaria. Researchers based at Oxford University will work with...
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V-cs may restrict the access tsar
Vice-chancellors may threaten to designate certain areas as no-go zones for the access regulator if university autonomy is threatened. A draft of Universities UK's response to the white paper on...
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Next week
Pointing to the truth What really happened to Edward II. Life-and-death lessons The law students who defend death-row prisoners. Mammoth task The contested meaning of prehistoric art: Steven Mithen...
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Europe slates UK funding bias
Britain and Europe are split over how best to fund research, with the UK pursuing greater selectivity and the Europeans claiming that this will leave non-research institutions stripped of academic...
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Warwick centre set to rev up engineers
The University of Warwick opened a £70 million automotive research centre on Wednesday, which it hopes will transform the image of UK engineering, writes Anna Fazackerley. The centre will focus on...
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Science prize lifts women's profile
A female chemistry professor from King's College London has been awarded £30,000 to promote the work of women in science, engineering and technology, writes Anna Fazackerley. Susan Gibson, who heads...
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Cash awards aim to cut grant chasing
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council announced awards of £28 million to support long-term research this week. The council's new portfolio partnerships initiative will provide five...
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Research budget beefed up at Defra
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced a £20 million increase to its research budget this week, offering some stability after years of cuts, writes Anna Fazackerley. The...
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Whistleblowers: Law professor faces claims of staffing bias
One of Britain's leading law professors has been reprimanded for "misconduct" by an inquiry into alleged discrimination at the Hong Kong university where he is on secondment from Warwick University....
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Scottish merger may 'enhance FE status'
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has just held its 100th council meeting but chairman Chris Masters hopes it will not survive to see its bicentenary. The Scottish Executive has promised...
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NUS left forces a U-turn on grants
The National Union of Students this week lurched to the left with a return to its historic support for universal grants paid for through progressive taxation. Delegates to the NUS annual conference...
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Outrage at orders not to mention the war
Vice-chancellors are suppressing free speech and curtailing academic freedom in the debate over war in Iraq, lecturers' leaders claim, writes Phil Baty. A proposed motion to the Association of...