Ex-polys losers in research cull
Up to half the former polytechnics may be effectively stripped of their research role under proposals in the government's strategy document due next month. Education secretary Charles Clarke is...
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RAE faces axe in DTI review
The research assessment exercise could be scrapped because it is failing to provide "bang for bucks". The Department for Trade and Industry, which is looking at the RAE under its plans to introduce a...
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Analysis: Do we need the 50% target?
What must the government address in its upcoming strategy paper? Alan Thomson opens a series on the vital issues by asking whether ministers' aims to get half the population into HE are achievable or...
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Rift over pay threatens expansion
Conflicting priorities within Whitehall in the run-up to the government's strategic paper on higher education are threatening to produce a logjam in academic salaries that could hamper ministers'...
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Motion calls for Triesman to resign
Activists at the Association of University Teachers have called for the resignation of union general secretary David Triesman after his decision to suspend industrial action. The extent of their fury...
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'This university has to be led by academics'
Malcolm Grant University College London The walls of the cavernous rooms of the provost of University College London have been re-papered but otherwise remain bare. Malcolm Grant, the new incumbent,...
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Commission reports show more work needed by candidate countries in field of research
Brussels, 29 Oct 2002 Reports on the EU candidate countries' progress on the road to accession show that they are ready to participate in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) on an equal footing with...
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Brussels, 05 Dec 2002 What is the HLG on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells? The High Level Group on Hydrogen and Fuel cells was formally launched in Brussels on 10th October 2002 by the Vice President of the...
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Not broke, don't fix it
Cambridge's plan to take ownership of most campus-generated intellectual property will do untold damage, writes Ross Anderson. Insurrection is brewing at Cambridge University over proposals to take...
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Spinoffs put UK in the lead
British universities compare favourably with their North American counterparts in their links with business, a survey has shown. UK universities spun off 199 companies in 1999-2000 - one company for...
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Bring this supply in from the cold
The UK's army of part-time lecturers, who teach up to a third of undergraduate degrees, has lacked support and secure employment for too long, says Richard Blackwell. My experience of part-time...
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Local union row threatens national talks
Relations between two of the chief negotiators in national talks on lecturers' terms and conditions have all but collapsed, threatening the progress of the new joint negotiating machinery. Jill Jones...
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Scots bid to boost contract security
The Scottish Parliament has called for action to give contract researchers improved status and greater job security. A debate on the plight of contract researchers had to be extended beyond its...