With the general election only a week away, Times Higher Education spent a day on the stump with three academics running for national office. Migration, social responsibility and public lavatories...
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University of LeicesterCorrine FowlerCorrine Fowler has joined the University of Leicester's School of English as a lecturer in 20th-century postcolonial literature. She said Leicester was the...
A new academy school in Salisbury is to be co-sponsored by a university. The Sarum Academy, which is to open later this year following the closure of Salisbury High School, will be co-sponsored by...
When the dust settled after the travel chaos caused by the recent eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, some university staff were left facing the loss of holiday time. The University...
Fragile documents held at Canterbury Cathedral will be more accessible in future, thanks to the efforts of a cross-disciplinary team of researchers. Scholars from the University of Kent's School of...
The chemistry of combustion will be among the subjects studied on a new fire and rescue honours degree. The course, to be launched by the University of Wolverhampton in partnership with the West...
Ten years of criminology courses will be celebrated at a day of seminars and workshops on subjects such as cybercrime and feminist criminology. The University of Northampton will hold the events for...
A rescue robot that can crawl through a disaster environment to search for victims in need of help, developed by a group of English students, has won an international robotics contest. The team of...
An architectural scholar is to help build a Hindu temple in a style that has not been employed for hundreds of years. Adam Hardy, chair of the architectural history and theory group at Cardiff...
Researchers in Wales are leading a study to develop new and improved varieties of oats. The five-year project, which will be led by scientists at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural...
Actor and globetrotter Michael Palin is providing the funding for a bursary scheme for drama students in Northern Ireland in memory of his friend Michael Barnes, who served as director of the Belfast...
Conflict between creative and commercial interests is putting Scotland's creative industries at risk, business analysts have warned. Researchers at the University of Abertay Dundee found that...
A London university has been nominated as the academic lead for a new public-private consortium that aims to improve the treatment of chronic pain. The five-year project, led by King's College London...
Three university physics departments have been recognised by the Institute of Physics for their efforts to reduce gender inequality among academic staff. The universities of Glasgow and York and...