International students are being invited to follow in the footsteps of an award-winner who took a passion for international development and apple crumble from her time in the UK.Entries are sought...
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFirst Grants• Award winner: R. Ward• Institution: University of Manchester• Value: £195,226Hairdressing, image and body work in care services to older people•...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: No flag of surrender
University of AlbertaEvangelos MichelakisThe work of a researcher examining two seemingly unrelated fields - pulmonary hypertension and cancer - has been recognised by the national advocacy group...
Browne panellist labels accusations of STEM bias as crass 'reductionism'. Simon Baker reports
This 17th-century door was recovered from the gatehouse at Bath Spa University's Newton Park campus and is now on show at the institution.
EIS points finger over professorial post and key individuals' excessive power, writes Hannah Fearn
A heightened consumer culture among students under a new fees regime will mean more demands on administrators, a conference heard.Delegates at the Association of University Administrators London...
Impact pilot case studies give scant guidance as they bear little relation to most departments' output, argues Peter Barry
William Evans argues that UUK cannot represent a fragmented academy, as competing interests require special-interest groups
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Brian Cox has revealed that he was taken to task for describing astrology as "a load of rubbish" on a BBC show, but the mild-mannered physicist stuck to his guns. Presenting the RTS Huw Wheldon...
Research council pleased by fewer grant bids and higher success rate. Paul Jump writes
As Parliament prepares to vote on the future of tuition fees, the chair of council at one of England's elite universities has said publicly that his institution is looking at using income from future...
Students step up campaign against coalition plans before Parliament sits. Rebecca Attwood reports