Some children with dyslexia suffer from a lack of communication between the two halves of their brains, according to researchers at the universities of Edinburgh and Lancaster. Psychologists from the...
Southampton's two universities could lose their chaplains in a £1.6 million cost-cutting drive by church leaders. The chaplains at the University of Southampton and Southampton Solent University are...
Bucking the sector trend for course closures, Cardiff University has launched a programme of part-time courses in the humanities. The range of 150 courses is to be delivered by the institution's...
A group of "cyber sleuths" are to be trained by Edinburgh Napier University to track down computer hackers that cost the British economy billions of pounds each year. The university's School of...
Leeds programme head resigns over demand for more academic input, writes Melanie Newman
Eric Gill's Portland stone relief of Christ expelling the moneylenders from the temple was greeted with outrage when it was unveiled in 1923.Now regarded as one of the greatest British sculptors of...
Overseas accreditation of private Danish courses leads to unholy clash. Melanie Newman reports
The Government is "discriminating" against design subjects and putting the economy at risk, Lord Mandelson has been warned.In a letter to the First Secretary seen by Times Higher Education, Elaine...
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: S. GruppettaInstitution: City University LondonValue: £150,013Application of structured illumination microscopy for three-dimensional...
Her work communicating science to the public has won Ceri Harrop an award - and reignited her passion for research
First round table to improve methodology sets out problems to be resolved. Rebecca Attwood reports
Research councilsFacilities deficit nears £70 millionThe size of the funding hole facing UK science and technology facilities could be almost £70 million, Times Higher Education has learnt. The...
The limiting effects of the 'male' nature of higher education are challenged. Hannah Fearn reports
EuropeWide gender gap narrowsA new study exposes the extent of the gender bias in European research, but also shows that the gap between the number of women and men in the profession is narrowing....
Universities worry as vocational schools muscle in on a vital monopoly. Matthew Reisz reports