From today's UK papers 23 October 2000
FINANCIAL TIMES Oxford University's medical research council has backed down from a potentially damaging intellectual property dispute with the University of Nairobi over joint research into a...
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Latest stories 23 October
Euro rectors end Serb isolation Marija Bogdanovic, acting rector of the University of Belgrade, is due to attend this weeks' CRE/Association of European Rectors conference in Cracow, Poland...
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Higher education appointments
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology The following have been appointed to the university's court: Payson Cha , chairman of the Mingly Corporation Ltd; William Fung , group managing...
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Higher education awards & prizes
University of Cluj, Romania Derek Ingham , professor of applied mathematics, has been awarded an honorary doctorate .
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Higher education appointments
University of Salford Michael Garrity , former head of the school of nursing and an associated dean, has been appointed dean of the faculty of health care and social work studies. Royal College of...
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Bangor opens regional business school
A school of business and regional studies combining banking, economics and business disciplines with tourism, leisure and heritage management has been opened at Bangor University by Wales's first...
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UfI names 16 winners of learndirect funding
Sixteen institutions have won funding to run higher education learndirect courses for the University for Industry. They have been allocated funding for 845 full-time equivalent students on courses in...
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Edinburgh fights fear of deficit with bond
Edinburgh University is negotiating a £40 million bond from a major financial institution to combat a potential £12 million deficit within four years. Principal Sir Stewart...
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The price of advice
The cost of Northern Ireland's main consultative bodies for further and higher education is more than £250,000. Higher and further education minister Sean Farren told the Northern Ireland...
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Revamped NTOs to get more funds
National training organisations, which will play a key role in the reorganised post-16 sector from next year, will be overhauled in return for more funding, the government announced this week. Some...
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Skills gap requires 'hard choices'
Shorter degree courses, closer contact with potential employers and lifelong learning schemes will all help cut the skills shortage in electronic engineering. These were among suggestions made by...
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The Shell Technology Enterprise Programme
The Shell Technology Enterprise Programme has launched a £1.4 million initiative with the Department of Trade and Industry to get more graduates into careers in electronic...
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MPs strive for a united front
The Commons' report on higher education will have to pull together a broad spectrum of opinion, says Claire Sanders The 11 members of the House of Commons select committee inquiring into higher...
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Kingston loses tribunal
Kingston University dismissed senior lecturer Agi Oldfield unfairly, giving her an ultimatum to "resign or be sacked" after she made informal complaints of harassment against her...
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Don's Diary
Thursday The site I founded in my gap year, InfoYouth, for 16 to 24-year-olds, is launching in just under a week. Under the auspices of Schoolsnet, it will provide information for students on...