Scientists wooed to UK genome database
The Wellcome Trust is spending £150,000 on its first advertising campaign to encourage scientists to use the United Kingdom-based free human genome database Ensembl. The initiative has the backing of...
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Europe leads US in climate modelling
Climate-modelling research in the United Kingdom and Germany is outpacing the United States, a senior American academic has warned. Edward Sarachik, an atmospheric sciences professor at the...
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V-cs call for changes to export control bill
Vice-chancellors fear that a draft export control bill will hamper cutting-edge research in universities and constrain academic freedom. Universities UK is calling for exemptions for universities and...
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Medical schools favour fewer health bodies
Government plans to cut the number of health authorities from 99 to 30 were welcomed this week by heads of medical schools and nursing departments. Some medical schools, such as Manchester, have to...
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Police make city safer for students
Sheffield police are spending £500,000 making life safer for the city's students with Operation Student Land. Areas of Sheffield with a high student population, such as Crookes and Broomhill, will be...
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Cardiff finds space for Star Trek captain
Cardiff University is to boldly award an honorary fellowship to actor Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean Picard in Star Trek , in July. Also honoured will be Cardiff's Tiger Bay diva, Shirley Bassey, and...
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£18 million spend on social science building
City University, London, is to continue its multimillion-pound development plans with a social science building. The £18 million facility will be built on the site of the chemistry building on St...
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Courses for jobs in demand
Vocational enrolments in Scotland's 47 further education colleges rose by 6 per cent between 1998-99 and 1999-2000, according to the Scottish Further Education Funding Council. Non-vocational...
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Academics fear disabled status
Many academics are too afraid of discrimination to report their disabilities to employers, the Association of University Teachers said this week, writes Phil Baty. Figures from the Higher Education...
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Protest and a tube strike threaten final exams
Thousands of students sitting finals will have to contend with chaos when they try to reach their exam rooms in London next week. The capital's universities are set for disruptions due to May Day...
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Funding system could be dumped
The university funding regime could be abolished amid concerns that the sector is failing to meet the government's ambitious expansion targets. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is to...
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Leeds shells out £500m on campus in bid to be world player
Leeds University is to build a 110-hectare campus in a bid to create a next-generation science park worth £500 million. A deal was signed yesterday with commercial developers Thorpe Park. The...
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News in brief
Derby suspends six over net porn claims Six lecturers at Derby University have been suspended over accusations of accessing internet pornography on university computers. The university has begun an...
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Cambridge looks to beef up leadership
Cambridge University faces one of the biggest management shake-ups in its history after the governing council admitted that its leadership is "under-strength". The appointment of two more pro vice-...
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Ooh Betty!
Betty Boothroyd, former speaker of the House of Commons, unveiled a sculpture of herself at the Open University, where she has been chancellor since 1994. The artwork will form part of a collection...