External headlines

Scientists, social scientists, engineers and clinicians can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship.

The main deadline for UCAS applications has now passed and overall Leeds has received 5.9% fewer applications compared to 2011. This is a smaller drop than the sector as a whole, which is down 7.4%.

Russell Group Director General Dr Wendy Piatt has responded to government plans to boost science and technology research in the UK.

Entries are now open for the 2012 BMJ Group Improving Health Awards, which aim to recognise excellence in medical practice.

The University’s formal draft institutional response to the UCAS Admissions Process Review is now available for consultation by University colleagues until Friday 16 December.

The USS has now published its Members’ Annual Report 2010/11.

The UCAS Admissions Process Review is now out for national consultation.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has joined the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN). Nanjing and Zhejiang are already Chinese partners.

The latest monitoring report from the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has revealed that English universities and colleges spent a quarter of their additional fee income on access programmes in 2009/10.

The Home Affairs Select Committee has highlighted concerns over the government’s policy on student visas, warning that it could cost the economy £3.4 billion.