The University of life
(Photograph) - The University of life: The BBC tested the old adage that many scientists cannot even tie their own shoelaces when it challenged five experts to solve taxing problems on a remote...
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Councils compile techno wish list
Lab-on-a-chip sensors, next-generation computing "grids", giant telescopes and autonomous robot submarines are among the technologies that will be needed to drive science forward in coming decades....
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Union loses epic contract battle
Lecturers have lost their epic battle to restore the working conditions they enjoyed when colleges were run by local authorities. The London employment tribunal has dismissed claims by breakaway...
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Bradford issues internet plagiarism warning
Students at Bradford University have been warned not to sell their assignments to an internet organisation because doing so will breach academic regulations and copyright laws, writes Jennifer Currie...
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Student can sue for low grade
A graduate with a third-class degree has won the right to sue her former university for compensation after she lost most of her final-year course work during a computer failure. Joanne Clark, who in...
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Cash increases as Scots overhaul college spending
Scotland's 47 further education colleges have won an 8 per cent increase on last year's funding for teaching and bursaries. This is the first settlement under the Scottish Further Education Funding...
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Adam Ingram
Northern Ireland minister Adam Ingram has announced an 11.8 per cent funding increase for the province's 17 further education colleges. Core college recurrent funding has risen by 4 per cent, while...
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Grants rise but Welsh HE deficit persists
Almost half of Wales's higher education institutions have fallen into deficit despite increased public funding, putting teaching and research quality at risk, the funding council has warned. Six of...
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E-learning could widen the social divide
Initiatives such as the e-university could further exclude students from the poorest backgrounds, a conference heard this week. Leigh Keeble, a research fellow at the community informatics research...
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Sex and dismissal claims for Edinburgh
A former academic from Edinburgh University's social anthropology department is taking legal action against the university, while a senior staff member has been suspended following allegations of...
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MPs to look at top-up fees
MPs look likely to add top-up fees to their inquiry into higher education. Members of the influential Commons education sub-committee indicated this week that differential undergraduate tuition fees...
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Mature students get more mature
The average age of mature students is increasing, according to latest analysis by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Based on work used to inform a government-sponsored research project, the...
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Scots told to give scientists a boost
Scotland should give contract researchers a better deal in a bid to boost the science base, a review group has told Henry McLeish, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning. Mr McLeish...
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Industry cuts academic ties
A lack of cash and the constraints of quality assessment mean that business schools will no longer be able to deal directly with business, according to Ray Wild, principal of the Henley Management...
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All shook up
Never one to say nay to a good idea, De Montfort University has built up what it believes to be the biggest database in the world on headshaking in horses. This frustrating summertime condition,...