We prefer our own smell
When it comes to body chemistry, how does our choice of perfume influence the signals we send out? Manfred Milinski, at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and Claus Wedekind, at the University of...
Search
-
-
Our star would be lost in the constellation
The United Kingdom should not rush into joining the European Southern Observatory, argues David Carter Whether or not to join the European Southern Observatory (THES, August 11) is an important...
-
UK spin-offs match US
Large research-led universities in the United Kingdom are as good as their North American counterparts at starting market-leading spin-off companies, according to a report out this week. Between 20...
-
Salaries too low to attract top dogs
Low pay for college managers is leading to a recruitment crisis, further education chiefs warned as they released details of top salaries this week. The sector is struggling to fill vacancies in key...
-
Cambridge University and the Macclesfield Newton Collection
(Photograph) - Cambridge University has launched an appeal to support its purchase of the Macclesfield Newton Collection, a major archive of Sir Issac Newton's letters and papers, which has been...
-
Lab crisis as poor pay hits staff quality
Some British universities are recruiting sub-standard researchers because of a shortage of high-calibre candidates. In a survey of deans of science, carried out by the pressure group Save British...
-
'Amateurish' UK must widen access for poor
Universities must significantly increase their intake of poorer students, according to a "watershed" report on access to be published this autumn. The Commons' education sub-committee report, due in...
-
Staff are targeted as King's cuts cost
King's College London is expected to shed more than 300 staff in its attempt to save up to Pounds 11 million. The cuts will be made across the board despite balanced books and the sale of some prime...
-
Forgo public funds, v-c tells top-up elite
The row over top-up fees escalated this week as the vice-chancellor of Teesside University called for elite institutions to forgo their public funding. In an outspoken attack, Derek Fraser set...
-
Greenaway: Natfhe issues a warning
All but a tiny minority of elite universities would see funding cuts if top-up fees were introduced, and one in five universities might close, lecturers' union Natfhe has warned, writes Phil Baty. In...
-
Report prompts UHI chief to resign
Brian Duffield, chief executive of the University of the Highlands and Islands project, resigned this week, hours before UHI Foundation members received a report into alleged complaints of...
-
Overhaul decreed for a wasteful system
Consultants say Pounds 250 million accountability regime is 'poor value for money' The accountability regime is to be completely overhauled after a report published this week found "the current...
-
Choose in haste, drop out in haste
Why are some universities more successful at hanging on to students than others? Alison Goddard reports. The coming weeks are crucial for potential students. The scramble for places during clearing...
-
Reports aid case for more money
The accountability review - which shows that the costs of administering any extra funding can be disproportionate to the extra money awarded - is the first of three evaluations of the sector to...
-
Higher Education Funding Council
A series of burdens on universities and colleges have been generated by weaknesses in the way the funding council fulfils its various roles, the report says. The lack of a direct link between funding...