Odds and quads
This tribute to a beloved pet cat was written by Alexander Warren Dury Mitton, a genealogist and one-time Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms at the College of Arms.Anxious that his "small belongings...
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Architects doubt benefits of 'greenwash ecotecture'
Adapting existing buildings should be best practice for sector, critics state. Hannah Fearn reports
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A greater London assembly
Plans for the capital's proposed biomedical super-lab are advancing but big hurdles remain, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHAward winner: Anita SimondsInstitution: Royal Brompton HospitalValue: £39,478Evaluation of droplet dispersion during non-invasive ventilation, oxygen therapy and...
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News in brief
Online learningTask force aims to keep UK topA task force has been set up in an attempt to cement the UK's leading global position in online learning. The Online Learning Task Force will be chaired...
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Dystopian vision of Academy 2034
Scholars predict the shape of things to come to stop it becoming a reality. Hannah Fearn reports
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The world in motion: 17 December 2009
One of the strongest criticisms of our old methodology for the World University Rankings was that 40 per cent of the score for each institution was based on a survey of a very small number of...
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Queen Mary, University of London - Beware seasonal seasoning
Scientists have warned that Christmas food can contain "shocking" amounts of salt. Research carried out by Consensus Action on Salt and Health, a group of scientists campaigning to reduce the salt...
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Glasgow/Glasgow School of Art - Yuletide dilemmas
An "ethical Christmas study day" is to be held at the Glasgow School of Art on 19 December. The day will include presentations from authors of books about consumption and chocolate and is part of an...
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Bucks New University - Frozen asset
Students at Bucks New University are getting into the festive spirit thanks to the opening of an ice rink outside the university's main entrance, turning the campus into a "winter wonderland". The...
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University of Glasgow - Oh yes it does ..
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have produced a DVD of rare historical theatre footage celebrating the cultural impact of Scottish pantomime. It includes archive film from the 1930s to the...
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University of Sheffield - Reward for sharing
A national competition to upload the most freely accessible open-access content during the UK's first Open Access Week has been won by the University of Sheffield. Its academics uploaded 101 research...
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University of Salford - Compensation pay
The former vice-chancellor of the University of Salford, Michael Harloe, received £30,000 from the university to leave two months early, it has emerged. Professor Harloe's contract was due to end in...
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Anti-impact campaign's 'poster boy' sticks up for the ivory tower
Only academic excellence can deliver the benefits the state craves, James Ladyman tells Zoë Corbyn
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaClosures leave foreigners in lurchInternational students studying at two Australian colleges have been left high and dry after the institutions were shut down by a state regulator. The...