Internet publishing to benefit biosciences
One of the biggest ventures so far in online scholarly publishing has just been launched by an international grouping of university libraries and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS...
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Activists produce guide to sit-in demos
Students from five London colleges are joining forces to produce a "Rough Guide to Occupation", giving activists in higher education institutions tips on staging sit-ins. The guide, produced by...
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Anything but live with Mum
Most students would rather hold down a part-time job than live at home, according to a survey by the Institute of Employment Studies. Tony Higgins, UCAS chief executive, predicted a split with...
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Medical schools win go-ahead
Three new joint medical schools were given the nod by funding chiefs this week. The programmes (Durham with Newcastle, Keele with Manchester, and Warwick with Leicester universities) are part of an...
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Councils wasting 25% of funding
Research councils are wasting up to a quarter of the money they spend on equipment, according to the public spending watchdog. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council could save Pounds...
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V-cs split over CVCP peerage
Vice-chancellors are divided over whether Diana Warwick, chief executive of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, should quit her job because she has accepted a life peerage and the...
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Union lobbies for Scottish pay review
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has called on the Scottish Parliament to take a lead in Britain in setting up an independent pay review. The AUTS yesterday held the first lobby of the...
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Conference of Scottish Centrally Funded Colleges
Staff in Scotland's new universities have been incensed by a unilateral management announcement of a shake-up of pay and conditions, which they believe signals a rejection of national negotiations....
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Labour refuses to meet Bett bill
The government washed its hands of the Bett report this week by making it clear that there would be no more money in the future to fund the recommended academic pay rises. A statement by the...
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Data protection ruling
Leicester University breached data protection laws by withholding information from a member of its staff involved in an employment dispute, an investigation by the Data Protection Registrar has found...
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John Moores sets up review panel
Liverpool John Moores University has set up an independent review panel three months after Whistleblowers reported claims that the university had been using flawed and misleading teaching material....
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Electronic publication threatens journals
Kam Patel explores ambitious plans for a research journal on the internet One of the most ambitious schemes yet dreamt up to place academics worldwide at the heart of electronic communication has...
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Very useful as an archive, but peer review needs consideration
Stevan Harnad The E-biomed and Scholar's Forum initiatives are "extremely timely, important and welcome" and will speed up the development of on-line resources for scholars, according to Stevan...
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Police foil Islamic militant plot to assassinate rector
Istanbul Turkish police have foiled a plan to assassinate the rector of the Inonu University. Police arrested 24 people and seized a large amount of arms, including pump-action shot-guns, rifles and...
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After the bombs, what next for Belgrade University?
In an email interview at the outset of Nato action against Serbia, Jagos Puric, rector of Belgrade University, described the effects on his institution. After the end of the bombardment, he tells...