Government labs to be reviewed by Defra
Three government laboratories - the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, the Central Science Laboratory and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research - are to have their work reviewed...
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£7m funds to develop tests for BSE and CJD
Novel approaches to developing diagnostic tests for BSE and CJD are to receive £7 million of government funding. The money will be used to back 22 new collaborations involving ten UK universities and...
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Scottish Parliament tries to live up to ideals
The Scottish Parliament is making an effort to live up to its ideals of openness and accessibility, political scientists will hear today. Scottish devolution is the major topic at the Political...
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First officers graduate from Ulster course
Forty student officers in the new Police Service of Northern Ireland graduated today from a unique mandatory training course at Ulster University. The 20-week certificate in police studies is the...
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia is to open its first private university, the Dar Alfaisal University in Riyadh, in September 2003 for graduate students and a year later for undergraduates.
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Rome
Francesco Pardi, a lecturer at Florence University and leader of the Movimento dei Professori attacking Silvio Berlusconi's conservative government, launches the movement's manifesto today.
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Ottawa
Thirty-one engineering students at Carleton University in Ottawa are under investigation over allegations that they cheated in an ethics exam.
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Student loan collection could be revolutionised
Student loans could be managed and collected by a single agency dealing with everything from income tax and benefits to home improvement loans, according to a report from the Cabinet Office's...
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Artist designs homes for sub-Arctic nomads
Gavin Renwick, a Dundee University research associate in fine art, has won £54,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Board to help design and build housing for the Dogrib Dene, a traditionally...
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LSC: let's blur boundaries
Further education and the post-16 sector will be expected to seek closer partnerships with higher education institutions over the next five years, Bryan Sanderson, chairman of the Learning and Skills...
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'Donkey leaders to blame' for RAE failure
The research assessment exercise must be overhauled, a parliamentary report will say next week. Ian Gibson, who chairs the House of Commons select committee on science and technology, began his...
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International threat to light-touch quality regime
Legions of international quality inspectors could soon be unleashed on UK universities, potentially undoing years of work to deliver a "light touch" quality assurance regime in England, the Quality...
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Labour plans to beef up research rely on academic aid
Academics will be consulted widely under Labour Party plans to launch its own research centre. David Triesman, party general secretary, this week confirmed the creation of Forethought, a centre...
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Buenos Aires
The Universidad de Buenos Aires has elected a new rector at the second attempt. Medical professor Jaim Etcheverry will replace Oscar Shuberoff. Last week's election was abandoned after a student...
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College life praised as 'hub of civic activity'
Further education improves students' self-esteem and skills and creates social networks, according to a report from the Institute of Education. "Interactions between students were thought to be...