Tighten your belts and prepare for a year of cut and thrust
There will be no easy rides for anyone in higher education in 2010. Figures from the sector reflect on influences and aims
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University of Bath - Help for the aged
Chemists and biologists from the University of Bath have developed a technique that could be used to diagnose and develop treatments for age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes...
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Cardiff University - Gender bender
Men and women are at the same risk of violence, but only until they start drinking, according to research from Cardiff University. Findings from the university's Violence and Society Research Group...
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Lancaster University - Community leaders
A group of Aboriginal Australians have visited Lancaster University Management School to take part in a programme designed to develop their leadership skills. Three Aboriginal community leaders -...
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University of Southampton - Instrumental impact
Musicians at the University of Southampton have been credited with producing three of the top 100 albums of 2009. The list, compiled by The Times newspaper, saw three academics appear alongside acts...
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University of Glamorgan - Rare exhibits
A major retrospective of the Welsh artist Joan Baker has opened to mark the University of Glamorgan's securing of museum status. The exhibition looks back at the artist's 65-year career and presents...
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Liverpool Hope University - Turner talk
A Turner prizewinner is to give the first in a series of lectures designed to develop a partnership between Liverpool Hope University and Tate Liverpool. Birkenhead-born Mark Leckey, who won the...
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Coventry University - Capital outpost
Professional degrees for international students will be offered at Coventry University's new London campus, which is set to open in September 2010. The university said that initially a range of "...
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University of the West of England - Names are the game
The largest study of UK surnames is to be led by the University of the West of England. The project will create a database containing the meanings and origins of up to 150,000 surnames, which will be...
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University of Birmingham - Clean, green travel machines
Electric and ultra-low-emission vehicles are being trialled by engineers at the University of Birmingham. Kevin Kendall and Waldemar Bujalski, experts in future fuels and hydrogen fuel cells in the...
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The Open University - Fostering knowledge
Foster carers are being helped to study degree-level programmes under a new scheme. The partnership between the Fostering Network and The Open University will see the provision of a range of courses...
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University of Leeds - Rock music
Nearly £200,000 has been awarded by Natural England, an independent public body designed to protect and improve England's natural environment, to the University of Leeds for a project to introduce...
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University of Sheffield - Windy city
A centre to improve wind power technology has opened at the University of Sheffield. The Sheffield-Siemens Wind Power Research Centre (SWP) will focus on developing the most reliable and efficient...
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Nottingham Trent University - Looks safe on paper
The use of origami - the ancient art of paper folding - to improve health and safety in the handling of hazardous chemicals has been pioneered by a scientist at Nottingham Trent University. Laura...
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Sour Big Apple
Louisiana is the happiest state in America and New York is the unhappiest, University of Warwick research has found. The study by Andrew Oswald, professor of economics, and Stephen Wu, associate...