Leader: What's sex got to do with it?
That women fail to reach the top in numbers is not a consequence of biology but of bigotry, which all in the academy must fight
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Listen out for the impact
UK research is not in decline, but to secure its future we need to spread the word about its benefits, says Alan Thorpe
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Diving into the shallow end
Malcolm Gillies applies the rules of lane swimming etiquette to funding
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Don't swallow the diet myth
Health advice to the overweight is often based on bad science, says dietitian. Paul Jump reports
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Bournemouth University - Global vision
A university with a strong focus on media studies has teamed up with a charity to run a series of workshops on reporting in the developing world. One World Media is to host the events at Bournemouth...
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University of Cambridge - Roman foundation
Evidence that a Cambridge college was built on the site of a sprawling Roman settlement has been unearthed by sixth-form students. The discovery was made during an excavation of gardens at Newnham...
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University of Southampton - Sound investment
A department has been awarded almost £600,000 to bring back to life a type of medieval music not heard for more than 700 years. The department of music at the University of Southampton will work with...
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University of Bedfordshire - Relief floods in
Staff and students have collected about £30,000 for victims of the Pakistan floods following a university fundraising campaign. The University of Bedfordshire launched its own drive to help last...
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Newcastle University - Home work not green
Working from home damages the environment, it has been claimed. Researchers from Newcastle University observed people's working and shopping habits, and found that working from home or shopping on...
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University of Dundee - Access to the past
Historic Scotland, an executive agency of the Scottish Government that safeguards sites across the country, has signed a partnership agreement with a university to offer access to heritage sites and...
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Queen's University Belfast - Morals and medics
Trainee doctors and drama students have come together to debate the ethical questions around "designer babies" in a new approach to medical education. The students at Queen's University Belfast...
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University of Hertfordshire - Paper-free prospectus
A university is swapping its carbon footprint for a digital one as it launches the UK's first online-only prospectus. The University of Hertfordshire prospectus is tailored for postgraduates and is...
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University of Essex - Coalition gender split
Women are much less happy about the new coalition government than men, a poll of political experts has found. The survey of 100 academic scholars, researchers and pollsters attending the Elections,...
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East Anglia, Kent and Sussex - Plant research flowers
Millions of plants picked by Victorian collectors up to 150 years ago and held in herbarium collections across the world could become a new source of data for studying climate change, according to...
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Nottingham Trent University - Oriental enterprise
A business school has signed a feeder agreement with a top Chinese university. Students at the Higher National Diploma Centre at Renmin University's School of International Education will be offered...