Teesside University - Two-way hospitality
A team of five teaching staff from the University of the Gambia has visited the UK with the aim of developing ideas for a new tourism and hospitality management degree at the African institution....
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Queen Mary, University of London - Power to the people
Artists and academics are inviting the local community in East London to join an open discussion about the future of the historic People's Palace this week. The venue on Mile End Road, established in...
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University of Leicester - Defying gravity
A group of UK students has won a place in the European Space Agency's parabolic flight programme in 2011. The four students from the University of Leicester will be the only UK participants. They...
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Bangor University - Pressure situations
A psychologist is helping to toughen up the sports stars of tomorrow. Young cricketers are taking part in a training course to learn "mental toughness", designed by Lew Hardy, head of the College of...
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University of Leicester - Healing hands, healing art
Paintings by Ala Bashir, an Iraqi artist who is also a surgeon and was once Saddam Hussein's personal physician, will be exhibited at the University of Leicester. The show, which will open in May,...
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University of Warwick - Patient design
A scheme aimed at engineering better environments for patients and healthcare staff has been given £1.3 million in research funding. Rebecca Cain, assistant professor in experiential engineering at...
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Coventry University - The paramedics' bible
A new book by a pair of lecturers provides the first exploration of clinical procedures for paramedics, challenging some existing practices in pre-hospital care. The Manual of Clinical Paramedic...
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Roehampton University - Harvest for the capital
A university has planted an orchard as part of a plan to create mini-orchards across London. Staff, students and members of the local community planted plum, apple and pear trees in Garden Court at...
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School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Health practitioners reunited
A London institution has been awarded a £66,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to trace its alumni. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will use the money to build a global...
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Loughborough University - Flogging the furniture
An auction of noteworthy furniture made by students in the 1930s has raised more than £30,000 for a scholarship fund for undergraduates in creative design. More than 170 pieces of bedroom furniture,...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - The business of creativity
A new institute aims to boost business skills among people who play key roles in the creative economy. The flagship programme of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths...
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Rankings partner focuses on matters of reputation
Thomson Reuters' invitation-only survey to gauge opinion on research and teaching. Phil Baty writes
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Odds and quads
Terry's, best known today for its Chocolate Orange, was established in 1767.Joseph Terry, its founder, was an apothecary by trade, and the firm's early business centred on medicated lozenges and...
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Students with disabilities opt for arts, not IT
A study suggests that students with disabilities are more likely to study the creative arts than any other subject.The analysis by Danielle Farrel, a research assistant at the University of the West...
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One extreme to the other and everything in-between
Analysis for Hefce finds a spectrum of opinions on knowledge transfer's benefits. Hannah Fearn writes