University of Aberdeen - Time to man up
Women living in countries with poor public health are attracted to masculine men, according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen. The team investigated the biological theory that women...
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Aberystwyth/Royal College of Art - Truth will out
The "lie detector of the future" is being exhibited by researchers from Aberystwyth University and designers from the Royal College of Art. The institutions worked together to develop "passive-...
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Lancaster University - Bucking the trend
A management school is creating more than two dozen academic posts despite the retrenchment affecting the sector. Thirty professors, senior lecturers and lecturers will be appointed across...
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University of Leicester - Loving your work
An award scheme to celebrate good teaching has been launched by students. The "I Love my Academic" award scheme, launched by the University of Leicester Students' Union, will recognise "innovation,...
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25 March 2010
Don’t look now - Battle lines drawn over job security and pay
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Don’t undermine mutual trust, scientific advisers told
Contentious phrase kept in government principles despite protest by eminent academics, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Sykes review calls for British SATs
A levels no longer ‘certificates of readiness’ for the academy. John Morgan reports
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Tara Brabazon: Global address system
An African postgraduate’s vision of a ‘Radio 2.0’ that brings communities together reminds Tara Brabazon that overseas students contribute far more to the UK academy than just tuition fees
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Retrospective impact assessment an ‘insurmountable’ task
MPs back agenda but warn of vain efforts and the threat posed by science cuts. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Full throttled
The dictates of utilitarian ‘efficiency’ threaten to strangle the life out of the academy, argues Donald Braben
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Staff at King’s vote to strike
Members of the University and College Union at King’s College London have voted to strike over job cuts.In the ballot, 70 per cent of staff who voted backed a strike, while 85 per cent supported...
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Lord Oxburgh to lead review of UEA’s climate work
Head of panel says ‘we will report as soon as possible’ because of ‘shadow hanging over science’. Zoë Corbyn reports
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How to counter the ‘anti-research mood’: take an MP to lunch
Advising social scientists how to cope with tough times ahead, Lib Dem peer says make your case over a meal
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Paul Layzell named new principal of Royal Holloway
Sussex’s deputy vice-chancellor ‘delighted’ to take up London post, reports Rebecca Attwood
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‘Corruption’ of the innocent
A report on ‘sexualisation’ is part of the latest moral panic and a prime example of the government’s use of academics to pursue its own agenda while claiming to be objective, writes Clarissa Smith