Japanese academic in sex scandal
Sex, corruption and medical error are stalking Japan's universities in a flurry of adverse publicity in the past few weeks. At the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, an unnamed associate professor...
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Going to war over prime numbers
As the inventor of public-key encryption prepares to lecture in London, Duncan Campbell reports on revelations from the secret world of spying that raise key questions for both history and...
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Value debate live on web
A live email-to-web debate on the recently-published TASC report, Value for Money Considerations in Software Strategies for Higher Education, has been organised by NISS. Contributors will be able to...
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What counts cannot always be tabulated
League tables are loved and hated - with reason. A spur to improvement, they are necessarily uncomfortable. They are also unfair, open to manipulation and do not measure vital aspects of university...
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First meeting of body to promote languages
University language centres have set up a representative body to promote language teaching and research. The inaugural meeting of the Association of University Language Centres in the UK took place...
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'Bonkers' job index irks v-cs
Vice-chancellors and funding chiefs have hit out at government attempts to measure graduate employability. They are concerned that the performance indicator for employability, due to be published...
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UfI name does not suit the role, say employers
An Engineering Employers Federation survey of 90 companies, trade unions and financial bodies on the government's University for Industry has found little support for the title. They say the word "...
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Freemasons support research into ageing
Freemasons are ploughing Pounds 150,000 over the next three years into research into ageing - much of which will be undertaken in universities. The donation from the Freemasons' Grand Charity to the...
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Pre-election spending promises for education
Signs that the government may be planning to plough more money into health and education after the next general election have been welcomed by universities and colleges. The higher and further...
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Halton principal and deputy resign
Halton College principal Martin Jenkins and his deputy, Jenny Dolphin, have resigned citing ill-health. Both were seriously criticised last week in reports by the National Audit Office and the...
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Merger of institutions enters next phase
The prospective merger of the Northern College of Education with Aberdeen and Dundee universities has taken a further step forward with the formal draft merger document being issued for widespread...
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Scottish unions agree on parliament's role
Scotland's leading higher education unions avoided a damaging split at the Scottish Trades Union Congress, reaching agreement on joint support for a motion on the Scottish Parliament's role in...
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Student fails to beat Cambridge 'old boys'
A High Court challenge to Cambridge University's "old-boys" procedures has failed. Kamran Beg, who was denied his masters degree amid allegations of plagiarism, won leave for a judicial review of his...
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Researchers have say on costing methods
Leading research universities were this week to have their say on the government's transparency review that will put in place a consistent costing method for university research. A seminar organised...
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70,000 microbes and cells get onto the net
A database of the UK's scientific collections of more than 70,000 microbes and cells can now be accessed online at www.ukncc.co.uk. The United Kingdom National Culture Collection comprises ten...