EU-wide copyright law welcomed
Universities and libraries have welcomed European Parliament legislation to harmonise copyright across Europe. The new law retains the right to fair dealing and has a list of exceptions that are crucial to universities and libraries.
Students oppose Midlands merger
Plans for a merger between Aston and Birmingham universities have been set back by Aston students voting against it. Aston chiefs have said the plans are a “dead duck” if students and staff reject them. Aston’s council meets next Wednesday to decide whether to proceed to the next stage of merger talks.
Doctors may forecast cancer treatment
Cancer doctors could one day use a similar technique to weather forecasting to predict the best way of treating patients. Mark Chaplain, from Dundee University, is to tell the Cancer Research Campaign’s National Cancer Symposium in Manchester how mathematical models could be used to calculate cancer's likely spread and how it may respond to treatment.
Tory lord to chair Booker prize panel
Former education secretary Lord Baker is to chair the Booker Prize for fiction. The ex-Tory MP and former home secretary heads a panel of academics and critics who will announce their choice at a ceremony in London on October 17.
Queen honours flood risk researchers
The Queen was today paying tribute to top academics, including researchers helping to stem the growing risk of floods. The Flood Hazard Research Centre at Middlesex University is among winners of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2000 for Higher and Further Education, presented at Buckingham Palace.
Women outnumber men in Scots HE
Women now make up the majority of Scottish higher education students, according to figures published today by the Scottish Executive. The percentage of female students has risen from 49 per cent in 1994-95 to 55 per cent in 1999-00.