Sounds precocious
Already the 1996 competition to get the longest word into the title of a research paper has been won, by Deborah Dixon of East Carolina University and John Paul Jones III of the University of...
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Region gets cash uplift
Scottish higher education institutions have won a Pounds 4 million incentive to work together more closely. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council aims to encourage collaboration through its...
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Cancer help on Internet
Former Teesside University student Joanne Rafferty, who achieved a first-class degree last summer after beating off a rare cancer, hopes to set up a network to help other students with the disease....
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Murphy's law rediscovered
An English professor has unearthed the manuscripts of the 18th-century creator of modern copyright law just as Britain was brought into line with France and Germany through a European Union directive...
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Degree skirmish leads to ballot
Plans for a new Cambridge degree in education studies will be put to a rare vote of all 3,000 dons after protests from a small band of mathematicians and scientists. The degree, which will be mainly...
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Admission chiefs slam 'inaccurate statistics'
University admissions chiefs have condemned reports of an 8 per cent drop in the number of applicants for places as "totally inaccurate" and "misleading". Figures published today by the Universities...
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Face to face
(Photograph) - Face to face:Sir Peter Ustinov eyes up the new bronze bust of himself sculpted by the Reverend Toddy Hoare which will be on display at Durham University, where he is chancellor.
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Experience key in job race
Academic high fliers are being bustled to one side by graduates with work experience in the rush for well-paid jobs, according to the Association of Graduate Recruiters. A new survey of 4 leading...
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Private cash guidelines
A checklist on rules governing Private Finance Initiative projects has been issued to universities and colleges by legal watchdogs. Further and higher education institutions have been advised to mug...
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Blunkett proposal
The Labour party is preparing to publish proposals to broaden the A level and improve standards on General National Vocational Qualifications courses, David Blunkett, the Shadow education secretary,...
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ME breakthrough
Patients disabled by ME improve more quickly with psychological treatment than with basic medical care alone, according to researchers at Oxford University. In a paper in tomorrow's British Medical...
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MRes popular
The new masters degree in the theory and practice of research introduced last year on a pilot scale has proved to be more popular than expected, according to science minister Ian Taylor. Research...
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Do not put yourself through the mincer, couch potatoes told
Nanette Mutrie of Glasgow University has a message for the couch potatoes whose New Year resolution is to get fit after the excesses of the festive season: take it easy. Dr Mutrie, senior lecturer in...
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Too many scientists for too few posts
The United Kingdom produces as many science and technology graduates as its competitors, but only a minority opt for a career in science, according to a report by the Institute of Employment Studies...
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Lecturers register record stress levels
Anxiety and depression affect further education lecturers more than they affect the police, vicars and nurses, psychologists have claimed, writes Aisling Irwin. A study of a further education college...