Welsh RAE losers
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has decided departments in Welsh institutions awarded a rating of 1 or 2 in the latest research assessment exercise will receive no RAE-based funding.
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Anti-corruption move
New measures to curb corruption in publicly funded institutions such as universities were expected to be announced this week. Roger Freeman, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was due to announce...
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Officer class
King's College London is to be one of the main providers of higher education for officers in the British armed forces. The college's department of war studies will educate officers attending the new...
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Intelligence test
Coming next term to the Institute of Historical Research's 20th Century British History seminar, a session listed as "Debate on Limits of Intelligence Disclosure (Participants to be announced)" - or...
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Police eye Swansea
The South Wales Police Fraud Squad is considering a full investigation into mismanagement at Swansea Institute of Higher Education following last week's damning National Audit Office report on its...
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Mature student leads biggest university
A WOMAN who entered academia as a mature student has been appointed head of Britain's largest university. Alexandra Burslem, deputy vice chancellor and academic director of Manchester Metropolitan...
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Review of health unit after head departs
Nottingham University is reviewing its relationship with "associate" staff in the health service management centre after the sudden departure of the unit's head, Eric Caines. Associates used by...
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More v-cs get six appeal
The six-figure vice chancellor is close to becoming the norm as pay for heads of institutions continues to rise. This year's THES pay survey, the third, shows that 61 heads of institutions -...
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Blair to fund new ideas from old
A Labour government would launch a multi-million pound scheme aimed at supporting young, emerging talent in the arts, science and technology, it was announced this week. Giving a speech on the arts...
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Internet
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features, reviews and advertisements in the newspaper, plus a full list of institutions in British further and higher...
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English chiefs in RAE protest
English studies heads have expressed dismay over the "absurdly low" proportion of their departments awarded top ratings in the latest research assessment exercise. The Council for College and...
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Health researchers
* Health researchers are calling on the Higher Education Funding Council for England to maintain some research funding for selected nursing departments with poor grades from last year's RAE, writes...
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Open archives reveal Winnie's Turkish plot
Winston Churchill's plans for a military offensive in Turkey, the activities of an 18th-century government "spy", and new perspectives on the life of Philip Larkin, are among numerous gems unearthed...
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Data privatised
A database company is to take over responsibility for supplying information on the value of qualifications abroad from the British Council. The private consortium ECTIS will run Britain's National...
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Audio visual
(Photograph) - Audio visual: The wonders of modern biomedical science will be brought to life this week in a new display at the Wellcome Centre for Medical Science in London. Containing eye-opening...