East London - It's not all bad
The lives of young people growing up in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest are revealed in a new book. Anthony Gunter, senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at the...
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University of Lincoln - Engineering - a result
Plans for a school of engineering at the University of Lincoln have received a boost in the form of more than £3 million in funding from the East Midlands Development Agency. The money is in addition...
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University of Strathclyde - For auld lang syne
Previously forgotten interviews with Glaswegians about their lives in the early 20th century will bring the past to life at Scottish museums. Arthur McIvor, director of the Scottish Oral History...
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Imperial College London - Gardens of delight
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has opened a newly restored square in the heart of the capital. The £160 million investment by Imperial College London in Prince's Gardens, South Kensington, has...
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Fresh perspective
A haunting image of a woman on the shores of the Yamuna River in Agra, India, has won first prize in a university photography competition. The annual westPHOTO competition is open to University of...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCHThe NC3Rs has awarded its first PhD studentships to five early-career scientists within UK institutions as part of...
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The carbon challenge
A collaborative strategy shows that universities are ready to tackle climate change, argues Sir Alan Langlands
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Questions of context: low marks for crude admissions policies
Geoff Lucas describes independent schools' concerns that some efforts to widen access are politicised, unclear and unfit for purpose
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The age of entitlement economics is over - the sector must compete
Just as universities are having to adjust funding models, so they must drop old assumptions about what they should offer and how to deliver it, argues Mike Boxall
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Denials must be countered
This week's Holocaust Memorial Day serves as a timely rebuke against race-hate activism, says Dan Cohn-Sherbok
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The week in higher education
In these technological times, it may come as a surprise that the most popular method of cheating among students is scrawling notes on their arms before exams. The enduring popularity of the ruse was...
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Participation gap narrows between young rich and poor
Major Hefce study also shows that the gender divide is closing. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Money talks: students receptive to subject premiums
Applicants willing to consider higher fees for better job prospects. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Ministers hang tough on cuts as v-cs regret elite's 'hyperbole'
There are signs of growing divisions within the sector over its fragmented response to the funding cuts announced by the Government.This week, ministers moved to consolidate their position, giving...
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Stark facts exposed about anti-regulation therapist
Campaigners post details online of professor's unconventional methods. Melanie Newman writes