Queen's University Belfast - Chinese medicine
A university in Northern Ireland has joined forces with the China Medical University to provide undergraduate degrees in pharmaceutical biotechnology. Queen's University Belfast will work with the...
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University of Nottingham - Carbon-based forms
A university is to partner the British Geological Survey to establish a facility to research carbon capture and storage. The National Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage will be based at the...
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University of Bristol - Vital cause
Research that aims to tackle the use of torture has been boosted with more than EUR2 million (£1.75 million) in funding from the European Commission. The money has been awarded to the University of...
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London School of Economics - Raise it up
A university in central London has won planning permission for a students' centre. The building at the London School of Economics will house the students' union, an interfaith prayer centre,...
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Gymslips and stiff collars
A university has opened up its archives to reveal life as a student in the UK's capital more than a century ago. London South Bank University's online archive catalogue allows the public access to...
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Odds and quads
A pound's worth of small change, held in a tin in the bursar's office, was transformed into a lump of metal when an incendiary bomb hit Bedford College on the night of 10-11 May 1941.
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Tweet victory or much ado? Jury still out on social media
Poll detects uncertainty about efficacy among marketers and alumni. Hannah Fearn reports
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Great expectations as first ethical draft goes online
LSE professor opens debate through his weekly essay on human rights. Matthew Reisz reports
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Dividends predicted for open culture
The British Library aims to build a concrete case for open access in the academy, with research findings from an exhibition that opened this week expected to provide evidence that research quality...
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News in brief
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
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Japan's open-door policy hinges on an attitude shift
Entrenched ideas hinder drive to attract more foreign students and staff, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
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Grant Winners
HUMANITIES IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA NETWORKThe Hera Network has awarded more than EUR16 million to 19 transnational collaborative research projects across Europe. Co-funded by the European...
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Transatlantic exchange
UK universities are regularly exhorted to learn from the US, but we can teach them, too, writes Matthew Partridge
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Community may be impoverished if all individuals pay more
Why are Americans happier to pay fees than Britons? Cary Cooper looks at the possible consequences of adopting their model here
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The Week in Higher Education
The glory associated with winning a Nobel prize may be undiminished, but the financial rewards are lower than they have been for a decade, it was reported on 5 October. In straitened times, the £937,...