Blunkett title ruling baffles principals
Higher education college heads reacted with anger and confusion this week to news that a further education college is to be allowed to use the university college title. Education secretary David...
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EC directive endangers learning
University library bodies across the European Union have criticised the European Parliament for passing copyright laws that threaten to "make life extremely difficult" for lecturers, researchers and...
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Halls of residence may slip through licence net
University halls of residence may escape stringent rules outlawing substandard rented accommodation. The proposals, which call for a mandatory national scheme to license privately owned, multiple-...
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Lucky link to frog revival
A researcher at Coventry University is championing the British ancestry of an extinct frog. Chris Gleed-Owen's research will determine whether the pool frog was officially Britain's seventh species...
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Microchip charge may identify diseases
Viruses such as herpes and HIV and diseases caused by parasites, such as malaria, could soon be detectable by a microchip much more quickly than by existing methods of diagnosis. A team at the...
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Twins offer clue to a pain in the neck
Back pain may have less to do with the job you do and the way you sit than the genes you inherit, research suggests. Tim Spector, director of the twin research unit at St Thomas's Hospital in London...
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Universal truth could lie in asymmetry
Particle physicists have found a clue as to why the universe is made of matter rather than antimatter. Researchers at the Fermi National Laboratory near Chicago have seen what they think is a slight...
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Institutional reaction: 'We are not concerned by the 11 per cent drop - on the contrary we are pleased'
Institutions doing very well or very badly in the applications battle were asked for their comments. Steve Kendall, head of admissions at Luton University, where applications are down by 23 per cent...
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Treasure hunters discover net
Selling off rare books and works of art has always been a tempting option for universities short of cash. In the 17th century Oxford's Bodleian library sold off many supposed duplicates including the...
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Cutting edge
Stephen Salter. Professor of mechanical engineering, University of Edinburgh The elite design engineer of the future will need to combine theoretical studies with hands-on experience in the workshop...
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DTI looks at role of public research
The exploitation of research from public sector research establishments is to come under scrutiny from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Treasury. John Baker, chairman of the...
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Davids join to face Goliath
Lecturers have set up a support group for academics caught in discrimination and victimisation disputes at Leicester University, which faces at least five industrial tribunal cases. They say that...
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Higher compensation likely for whistleblowers
ssacked for raising concerns in good faith about malpractice and fraud at work will qualify for unlimited cash compensation, ministers are expected to announce. Under employment rights legislation...
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Sell atoms, hire bits
Europe is close to adopting technology that lets academics rent out their knowledge to the world. Mike Holderness reports The framework for a globally distributed virtual university is much nearer...
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God still in history's top ten
Social history is more popular than political history, with economic history coming a distant third. Ecclesiastical and religious history are pursued by more historians than gender-based approaches...