University of Warwick - Patient design
A scheme aimed at engineering better environments for patients and healthcare staff has been given £1.3 million in research funding. Rebecca Cain, assistant professor in experiential engineering at...
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Coventry University - The paramedics' bible
A new book by a pair of lecturers provides the first exploration of clinical procedures for paramedics, challenging some existing practices in pre-hospital care. The Manual of Clinical Paramedic...
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Roehampton University - Harvest for the capital
A university has planted an orchard as part of a plan to create mini-orchards across London. Staff, students and members of the local community planted plum, apple and pear trees in Garden Court at...
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School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Health practitioners reunited
A London institution has been awarded a £66,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to trace its alumni. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will use the money to build a global...
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Loughborough University - Flogging the furniture
An auction of noteworthy furniture made by students in the 1930s has raised more than £30,000 for a scholarship fund for undergraduates in creative design. More than 170 pieces of bedroom furniture,...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - The business of creativity
A new institute aims to boost business skills among people who play key roles in the creative economy. The flagship programme of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths...
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Rankings partner focuses on matters of reputation
Thomson Reuters' invitation-only survey to gauge opinion on research and teaching. Phil Baty writes
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Odds and quads
Terry's, best known today for its Chocolate Orange, was established in 1767.Joseph Terry, its founder, was an apothecary by trade, and the firm's early business centred on medicated lozenges and...
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Students with disabilities opt for arts, not IT
A study suggests that students with disabilities are more likely to study the creative arts than any other subject.The analysis by Danielle Farrel, a research assistant at the University of the West...
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One extreme to the other and everything in-between
Analysis for Hefce finds a spectrum of opinions on knowledge transfer's benefits. Hannah Fearn writes
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Overseas briefing: 11 March 2010
United StatesStates align to boost completionSeventeen US states have formed an alliance with the aim of improving undergraduate completion rates. Led by Stan Jones, Indiana's former commissioner for...
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Grenoble takes Giant steps towards collaboration
A grouping of research institutes aims to become Europe's answer to MIT. Matthew Reisz reports
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California state institutions at risk, say protesters
Academics and students have united to protest against the "privatisation" of California's public higher education system, with the backing of a university chancellor.Demonstrations were held last...
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Spare a thought for those broken and cast out of this hostile home
Universities nurture the life of the mind, but lack of opportunity and support post-PhD is making UK academe an inhospitable place to be, says Srila Roy
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Neets need our help
In turning away record numbers of applicants, we fail young people. We must provide more places, argues David Green