Mosquito or an airborne vaccinator?
If mosquitoes lost their taste for human blood or could no longer play host to Plasmodium, the malaria parasite, there would be 1 million fewer deaths every year. The development of mosquitoes with...
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Where direct action starts
The UfI's chief executive tells Tony Tysome how learndirect works for learners and institutions. Anne Wright, chief executive of the University for Industry, does not look amused. I have unexpectedly...
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US colleges ban study in UK
At least three American universities have cancelled study-abroad programmes in the United Kingdom and Ireland and another has banned Europeans from its agricultural department because of foot-and-...
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Master plan for new post-16 council is unveiled
The scale of the task facing the new Learning and Skills Council became clear this week as chief executive John Harwood unveiled his master plan. The LSC, which officially takes up the reins of the...
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Student vets join Maff on frontline
Final-year veterinary students from across the United Kingdom have joined the battle against the foot-and-mouth epidemic. So far, 136 volunteers have answered last week's call from the Ministry of...
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LSE leads revolt against QAA
The London School of Economics resolved to break free from Quality Assurance Agency scrutiny this week, leading the elite Russell Group of universities in open revolt. MPs, peers and trade unions...
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Latest international news
Italian don arrested in mafia butter scam A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the director of Naples University’s food science department for allegedly helping the Neapolitan mafia...
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Latest UK news
Report says academics are underpaid and overworked Lecturing unions have welcomed a report calling on government to address the pay disparity between academics and comparable professions and to...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Researchers at Intervet, a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel, the Dutch chemicals group, are racing to complete development of a test that could tell the difference between animals infected...
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Higher education appointments
West Dean College Bob Pulley , former dean of art and design at Falmouth College of Arts, has been appointed to the post of principal.
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Higher education prizes
Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Debbie Griggs , final year BA student in metalsmithing and jewellery at De Montfort University Leicester, was awarded first prize in the Craftmanship &...
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Latest international news
Students show solidarity for Macedonian rebels Ethnic Albanian students from the University of Pristina have marched through the Kosovan capital to show solidarity for the rebels in Macedonia. Jobs...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times A new material created at the University of Leipzig combines the mechanical properties of rubber with the electric properties of a liquid crystal, paving the way for new designs of...
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Latest UK news
Bill aims to double repayment threshold A bill was published today doubling the income threshold for student loan repayments and imposing a capped market rate of interest on those repayments...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Academics from the University of Strathclyde have helped papermakers UPM-Kymmene re-evaluate its strategy in the light of new technology and the internet. Leslie Willcocks has been...