Students return to science...
University science courses have escalated in popularity, according to figures released today by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service for 1997 entry. Record numbers of applications for...
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Students return to science ... but shun West Midlands
The North West Midlands is suffering a bout of unpopularity among prospective students according to an unofficial league table of applications that will dismay admissions officers in the region, A...
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EU in bid 'to enslave nature'
The foundations of scientific research are being threatened by a proposed new European directive that may lead to the patenting of all of nature, according to British scientists. In a letter to the...
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Union puts squeeze on MPs' marginals
THE Association of University Teachers has launched a general election offensive on 16 marginal constituencies, warning sitting MPs and parliamentary candidates that they ignore pay and other higher...
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Colleges ponder funding options
AROUND 800 colleges across England were this week asked to consider alternative funding measures in the wake of the Goverment's decision to axe the demand-led element of college funding. The Further...
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Council pledges Pounds 8m to enhance teaching
SCHEMES to improve personal and academic support of students, develop postgraduate teaching skills and help peripatetic music staff are among 44 new projects designed to boost teaching. The Higher...
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PFI database registers 200-project increase
The number of universities registering formal interest in the Private Finance Initiative has grown by 19 per cent in the past three months. A total of 75 institutions have put forward upwards of 200...
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Shephard stands by appointment procedures
Gillian Shephard, the secretary of state for education and employment, has defended the practice of appointing heads of institutions to the funding councils and of retaining Training and Enterprise...
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Eight selected for quality agency board
Eight directors have been named for the new single quality agency for higher education: Ian Graham-Bryce, principal, University of Dundee; Haydn Ellis, pro-vice chancellor, University of Wales,...
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Labour will end maintenance grants - Blunkett
Labour will abolish maintenance grants for students and reform the student loans scheme, shadow education and employment secretary David Blunkett told BBC Radio 4's Analysis programme set to be...
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BSE eclipses other dementia research
Government money allocated for BSE research would be "infinitely more useful" if it were ploughed into investigating other more common dementia conditions such as Alzheimer's, according to Bob...
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Project to tempt talented foreigners gets Pounds 11m
All four UK higher education funding bodies have agreed to continue funding the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme designed to attract the best research students from abroad. They will...
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Excluded RAE lecturer sues Westminster
A LINGUIST has won the right to take Westminster University to an industrial tribunal over claims that it unlawfully discriminated against him by withholding his work from the research assessment...
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Closer higher education and TEC links needed
Higher education institutions should be working in closer partnership with their local Training and Enterprise Councils, a report from the Higher Education Funding Council and Department for...
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Ex-editor to take over at Kingston
FORMER THES editor Peter Scott has been appointed as the next vice chancellor of Kingston University. Professor Scott's appointment was confirmed by governors on Monday afternoon. He will succeed...