'Reprofiling' is not growth
The news that Bournemouth University is bucking the trend of shedding staff ("What downturn? We're growing", 1 October) will come as something of a surprise to dozens of staff who have been "...
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Dennis Marsden, 1933-2009
A leading sociologist - who analysed everything from class mobility in education to intimacy and infidelity - has died.Dennis Marsden was born in Huddersfield on 25 June 1933, the son of a Methodist...
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Oxford Brookes University - Skills for work
An apprenticeship scheme has been set up by Oxford Brookes University that will give six young people experience in horticulture, catering, decorating and administration. The apprentices will also...
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Global winners!
"The Poppletonians are coming!" That was the exultant reaction of our vice-chancellor to the news that our university had leapt seven places in the 2009 World University Rankings."We've still some...
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Appendix A: I'm knackered
Lecturing when fatigued is an inescapable fact of life for Kevin Fong
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From where I sit: An exercise in mass courtship
When you're engaged in teaching classes or immersed in research, you tend to forget that higher education is big business. That attitude is much harder to sustain when you are standing on the floor...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: The value of past masters
Historians separate fact from fiction, keeping politicians honest and clearing the way for better thinking
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King's College London - Collective action
An extinct marsupial known as the Tasmanian wolf, a lizard with a light-sensing "third eye" and the stem of a tree fern are among the star exhibits in a new museum. The Museum of Life Sciences at...
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University of Gloucestershire - Shrink to fit
A second campus is to be closed by the University of Gloucestershire following its decision to put its site in east London up for sale. Patricia Broadfoot, vice-chancellor of the institution,...
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Hull/Leeds/Sheffield/York universities - Northern nous
A £50 million virtual research centre focusing on low-carbon technologies and the impact of climate change is to be established as a joint initiative between a group of universities in Yorkshire and...
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University of Edinburgh - Put that carbon away
Researchers have called on the Scottish Government and industry leaders to invest more in carbon capture and storage technology. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh claim that the UK could lead...
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University of Greenwich - Life-changing advances
An institute is to be established to study how digital technology is affecting the way we live. The launch of the Institute for the Converging Arts and Sciences at the University of Greenwich was...
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Birmingham/Loughborough/Nottingham - Energetic start
A £3 million virtual graduate school with a green focus has officially opened and will begin teaching its first students this month. The Midlands Energy Graduate School, a collaboration between the...
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University of Strathclyde - African aid
A registered network of literacy teachers is to be set up in Malawi with the assistance of the University of Strathclyde. The University of Malawi is working with seven Scottish teacher training...