Last updated 08/08/2006
HIGHER EDUCATION
Academics learn to license inventions
Financial Times - 27/07/2006
Deals by universities to license their academics' inventions and discoveries to industry have surged by almost 200 per cent, even as the number of spin-out companies has fallen for the third year running, according to a report published yesterday.
Edinburgh management and union forge unique alliance to address fixed-term contracts
THES - 28/07/2006
Edinburgh University, which has some 1,000 researchers on fixed-term contracts, has broken new ground by agreeing a partnership project with the three campus unions to manage their move to permanent contracts.
Grievances are 'mishandled'
THES - 04/08/2006
Some universities are mishandling student complaints about academics, the ombudsman for the sector has found.
Media giants lap up Milkround in £20m battle for graduate website
Daily Telegraph - 03/08/2006
Several media groups are in the running to buy graduate recruitment website 'Milkround Online' for around £20 million.
Most colleges 'set to sign technology transfer deals'
Financial Times - 01/08/2006
Most of Britain's top research universities will have signed long-term deals giving companies exclusive access to their discoveries and inventions within the next two years, a leading technology commercialisation company has claimed.
Revise attitudes to female Muslim students, universities told
The Guardian - 03/08/2006
Universities must undergo a radical rethink in their attitudes to Muslim women if they are to become fully inclusive and supportive environments, according to joint research from Liverpool John Moores and Bristol universities.
Staff are silenced by fear of reprisals
THES - 04/08/2006
Four in ten academics say their freedom to express controversial or unpopular opinions is under attack, according to a poll carried out by ICM for The Times Higher.
Students' complaint challenge to varsity
Birmingham Post - 04/08/2006
Universities have been told to pay students more than £250,000 in compensation after the number of complaints over grades and courses soared, a report showed yesterday.
Universities back plan to curb student visa abuse
The Guardian - 27/07/2006
Universities have welcomed the inclusion of a new points-based system for international students in the Government's proposed overhaul of the immigration service.
