University of Bristol - Brace yourselves
The vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol has warned staff that they face another year of wage restraint before national negotiations begin on pay for 2010-11. Eric Thomas says in a message to...
The vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol has warned staff that they face another year of wage restraint before national negotiations begin on pay for 2010-11. Eric Thomas says in a message to...
Five research apprenticeships in areas fundamental to the world's future have been established at the University of Stirling. The posts in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences are...
A new university centre at Harlow has been given the go-ahead by planning officials. The centre, to be set up by Anglia Ruskin University, has been approved by Harlow District Council, allowing work...
A student has made a 29-year-old polar bear the subject of her dissertation project. Annie Burgin, a zoo biology student at Nottingham Trent University, is studying how Mercedes - the only polar bear...
Rare peregrine falcons are being encouraged to nest in Sheffield for the first time after a university estates team constructed a special platform on a local church. Over the past few years, the...
A university has joined a growing trend by mandating staff to deposit research outputs in an online institutional repository. The Central Archive at the University of Reading will become the official...
Royalties earned by a university following the publication last year of the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary are to be pumped into a series of postgraduate scholarships to fund...
Retirement should be seen as an exciting new chapter in a person's life, according to a book by staff at the Institute of Education, University of London. Retiring Lives, edited by academics Eileen...
Corporate attitudes to climate change in Bangladesh are the subject of a three-year research project led by Aston University. Aston Business School and the University of Dhaka will work on a project...
A university centre may be set up in South Yorkshire's Dearne Valley. Staffordshire University is involved in a £1 million bid to establish the centre, alongside Dearne Valley College and Rotherham...
Policy interventions are needed at each stage in people's lives to counter the way economic inequalities are reinforced over their lifespans, a panel has argued. The National Equality Panel, chaired...
Hong Kong's first biofuel research centre has been established in a partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and a local institution. The centre at City University of Hong Kong will address...
More than 200 graduates are set to benefit from paid work placements with businesses in a scheme run by the University of Northampton and social enterprise 3E. Graduates will gain valuable experience...
A coastal university is to start exploring the deep oceans after taking on a key role in a new national research organisation. The University of Southampton will be a partner in the National...
Researchers have discovered more about a world of selfless "soldier" aphids who risk their lives to defend nests from invaders. The insects also clean and mend the nests using a sticky secretion. But...