A more intelligent grants system
Database company Oracle claims to have revolutionised the management of grants. Natasha Loder reports A quiet revolution is under way in the research administration of a handful of universities...
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BSE meltdown
(Photograph) - A cow carcass with suspected BSE infection is incinerated at Cluttons animal slaughterers in Wrexham. This year the BBSRC will plough Pounds 4.5 million into BSE research....
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Programmes for Euro science
The European Science Foundation is to launch eight new scientific programmes in the physical, life, medical and social sciences and the humanities. The new programmes run for four to five years from...
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Pounds 6 million centre for excellence
Crawford Beveridge, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, has announced plans for a Pounds 6 million centre of excellence in microelectronics and semiconductors based at Edinburgh University. The...
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Guide to British solar energy
A Napier University research team led by Tariq Muneer, reader in energy engineering, is providing energy-conscious architects and engineers with a guide to the amount of solar energy different parts...
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Research on death and dying
A new International Institute on health and ageing is up and running at Bristol University with death, dying and bereavement among its future research themes. Aiming to advance understanding of human...
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More science, less politics
Government decisions must be guided by the best, most open research, says Peter Cotgreave When the minister for agriculture banned the British from eating beef on the bone, there were two elements in...
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Getting into the Beeb
The BBC may be choosy and more keen on experience than degrees, but it also offers many jobs requiring a variety of skills Christmas is approaching rapidly and for many of us that means too much...
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Berhautia senegalensis
(Photograph) - When kissing under the mistletoe this Christmas, save a thought for researchers at Newman College in Birmingham, who spent this summer on the hunt for Berhautia senegalensis, a rare...
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Distant Derby fails QAA test
Quality watchdogs are poised to deal Derby University another blow with a highly critical report on some of its pioneering distance-learning courses. Part-time courses in subjects allied to medicine...
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Red face for red minister over fees to cover admin
When are student fees not student fees? When they are just "administrative contributions", according to Thomas Oppermann, education minister of the state of Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. That is...
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Parents angry at earth's move
Sheffield University's plan to close its earth sciences department has provoked a storm of protest from students and parents. Despite assurances that students will continue to receive high-quality...
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East Midlands gets regional voice
Universities and higher education colleges in the East Midlands have formed an association to represent them on regional issues. This follows disagreement among vice-chancellors over who should...
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Welcome for care paper
The white paper on the regulation of long-term care was welcomed this week by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. A structure of national organisations for the personal...
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Net fails to close info gap
Despite the internet,scientists in poor countries and even in relativelyprosperous India are still excluded from thescientific community. Subbiah Arunuchalam,in the latest edition of the online...