Ulster-Scots studies gets under way
Ulster University and the Ulster-Scots Agency have this week opened the world's first institute of Ulster-Scots studies. John Wilson, dean of UU's faculty of social and health sciences and education...
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N. Irish science park will provide 1,300 jobs
Construction of Northern Ireland's first research science park has begun at the University of Ulster's Coleraine campus. Kick-started with £6 million from the university, the park will provide up to...
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Student majority say top-up fees a deterrent
Two-thirds of students replying to an internet survey said they would not have gone to university had they been charged top-up fees of £4,500 a year, being proposed by the Russell Group of...
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Scots to turn carnivore fish into vegetarians
Aberdeen University scientists hope to turn fish vegetarian in a bid to boost fish farming. At present, farmed fish are fed fishmeal made from wild fish, but the supply is becoming increasingly...
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Fund to promote 'brain gain' attacked as elitist
A scheme that could see the salaries of some scientists topping £100,000 will not help new researchers and is elitist, according to university unions. This week, Lord Sainsbury invited institutions...
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Static pay is forcing managers to leave
Many college managers are getting a raw pay deal compared with ordinary lecturers, with some accepting a pay freeze last year, their representative body has said. There has been no increase in the...
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Ucas records a big drop in student applications
Numbers of university applicants for the next academic year are falling, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Preliminary totals released to admissions officers...
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World view needs ethics
Academic geography is set to give ethics an integral role amid increasing concern about the relationship of human beings with the natural world. This was the prediction of Peter Haggett, emeritus...
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Analysis: We have ways of making you learn
Is lifelong learning a form of social control? Alison Utley considers the arguments Education secretary David Blunkett wants an extra 625,000 adults to enter education next year. His Skills for Life...
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Analysis: Higher degrees of celebrity
Some sports and television stars seek more than public adulation - they want academic recognition too, as Julie McCord discovers It is a short distance from Salford University to the Granada...
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Attitude to risk makes disaster
Man-made disasters such as the Hatfield train crash, which has brought chaos to Britain's railway network, are a symptom of poor risk management, researchers have concluded. While company strategies...
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Medieval climate chaos revealed
The floods, gales and severe weather warnings this autumn and winter may be the result of 21st-century global warming, but they are nothing new. York University medievalist Jeremy Goldberg has...
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Peace is threatened by paramilitary violence
Northern Ireland's peace process is in danger of being derailed by paramilitary violence, according to a study of the province's informal criminal justice systems. There has been a general acceptance...
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Whistleblowers: Plagiarism charge
The emergence of a new international distance learning accreditation organisation, the Educational Quality Accrediting Commission, has ruffled a few feathers. The Open and Distance Learning Quality...
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Call for confidence boosting study on pedagogical research
The Learning and Teaching Support Network has called for a study into how pedagogical research is rated by subject panels when they are considering research assessment exercise submissions. Replying...