Job freeze at Durham takes staff by surprise
The threat of going into the red has forced Durham University to freeze all new appointments as part of a cost-cutting strategy that has taken academics by surprise. In addition to the freeze, all...
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E-learning is complex issue
Stirling University's deputy principal Sally Brown said this week that the notion that new technologies allowed teaching to be improved more cheaply was "fundamentally misconceived", writes Olga...
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Big brands key to e-university
The e-university, trumpeted by education secretary David Blunkett in his speech at Greenwich in February, is in trouble as elite institutions hit snags. They fear that the project, which aims to...
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Cubie faces quizzing by student officers
Andrew Cubie is to be quizzed next month on the work underpinning his independent report by incoming student officers who want to see his proposals adopted throughout the UK. He is to speak at the...
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Cambridge prof heads GM ethics watchdog
(Photograph) - Malcolm Grant, professor of land economy at Cambridge University (below), has been appointed chair of the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission, an independent strategic...
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Petition to speed up animal research
Five Nobel laureates and 38 fellows of the Royal Society were among 110 leading medical signatories of an open letter demanding an end to red tape surrounding animal research. They called on Lord...
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Business savvy prized higher than a degree
A degree is no longer enough for graduates to compete for jobs in the capital, with most London employers valuing experience and generic business skills more highly, a study has found. Half of...
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Business bodies told to work with colleges
Robert Beattie, chairman of the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, is to warn business and enterprise bodies that he expects them to embrace further education colleges as full partners in...
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Scots politicians to be lobbied by linguists
Modern language academics in Scotland are preparing to lobby the Scottish Parliament on a "joined-up policy" for language learning. The University Council of Modern Languages has set up a Scottish...
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Prince cancels visit after news is leaked
A planned visit by Prince Charles to Ulster University's Magee campus in Londonderry this week was cancelled at the last minute after news of the event was leaked. It is believed there were anxieties...
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V-cs help safeguard our vital statistics
Vice-chancellors are well represented on the newly appointed panel of National Statistics, an independent commission designed to safeguard the nation's statistics. Sir Kenneth Calman, Durham...
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Warwick in telecoms degree link-up
Warwick University is launching a five-year telecommunications degree for 16-year-olds with Marconi, the communications technology group, in an attempt to create a ready supply of suitably trained...
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Have we got newts for you
(Photograph) - Have we got newts for you: students from the department of land-based studies at Nottingham Trent University are restoring a pond that is the natural habitat of a colony of great...
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Staff joy as duo exit
Staff at East Yorkshire College are rejoicing at the departure of a management duo - principal, David Brewer, who is on "gardening leave", and the college's executive director, Malcolm Dunwell, who...
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Union wants post-92 blood on Hefce board
Union leaders in the new universities have called for more post-92 members on the board of the English funding council. In a letter to education secretary David Blunkett, university and college...