Drugs row academic finds ally
A University of Toronto academic who went public on controversial research findings, despite a confidentiality clause with the pharmaceuticals company that sponsored the project, has been supported...
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Ambitious Finland looks to double overseas intake
Finland's universities and polytechnics should adopt a more international outlook and double their numbers of foreign students by 2010, a committee has recommended. The committee was appointed by the...
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Call to aid students fighting terrorism
Two United States senators have proposed extra financial aid for university students who undertake short-term military enlistments and anti-terrorism work. Republican senator and Vietnam-era Navy...
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Austrians petition for the right to free higher education
An Austrian petition is calling for free access to state-run educational institutes and more funding for student grants. The petition, which was launched by Austria's student union, also seeks the...
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Roman rectors up in arms at proposed budget cuts
The rectors of Rome's three state universities have lashed out at spending cuts on higher education in this year's budget. The cuts coincide with a sudden surge in enrolments after years in which...
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Findings: Diabetic breakthrough
The first fully implantable biochip has been developed by Cambridge University scientists to monitor aspects of a person's metabolism from within their body. A prototype device to allow diabetics to...
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Findings: BBC missing one beast
With an average weight of 60g, it is small wonder that the BBC's Walking With Beasts overlooked the Paleocene's micromammals in favour of hulking mammoths, smilodons and giant sloths. Yet the 50...
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Investors attracted to Scots spin-offs
Scottish higher education spin-out companies have been pitching for more than £15 million at the fifth annual Connect investment conference, which plays matchmaker between new ventures and investors...
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One-stop ideas shop unveiled
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council will publicly launch a pioneering national website on research expertise at a knowledge-transfer conference later this month. Shefc is co-hosting the...
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Online language service wins prize
An online translating and interpreting service offered by Queen's University Belfast has scooped an award in the province that will take it to national finals in London later this month, writes Olga...
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On the move
Thomas Bingham , senior lord of appeal in ordinary, has been appointed high steward by the chancellor of the University of Oxford . The Scottish Executive has appointed: Noni Cobban , researcher in...
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Glittering prizes
Ted Davis , professor of experimental physics at the University of Leicester, has been made an honorary citizen of Nice . Mark Dyer , a senior circuit judge and honorary recorder of Bristol, has...
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In the news: Roger McClure
The Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education have at last announced the successor to their joint chief executive, John Sizer, who retires at the end of the year. The delay sparked...
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Mis-representation
The University of North London has a new students' union website showing photographs of happy students while the words "politics" and "representation" float around the screen. Very nice. Until you...
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Laureate lolly appeal
Queen's University, Belfast, has launched a £150 million fundraising campaign with a poem composed by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, a Queen's alumnus and staff member. It has a recurring refrain of...