The "human side" of the medical profession is to be explored at the University of Aberdeen. It has launched courses based on the premise that there is more to caring for the human body and mind than...
Researchers will examine how older people deal with technology in their everyday lives. The Open University is part of a European team that has been awarded funding for the Older People and...
Research degree-awarding powers have been handed to Liverpool Hope University. Previously its research degrees had been awarded through the University of Liverpool. In a recommendation to the Privy...
A group of leading international experts on landmines will work with Leeds Metropolitan University to further the study of post-conflict reconstruction. The Mines Advisory Group, which was a co-...
Academics in the South West are leading a region-wide project that aims to cut sickness absence by 25 per cent by improving wellbeing at work. The project will unite businesses, including Royal Mail...
Business experts have taken part in a "big City brainstorm", generating ideas to help London recover its reputation as the world's leading financial centre. The event at City University London...
A university is bucking the sector's trend of shedding staff and recruiting 36 academics. According to Paul Curran, vice-chancellor of the University of Bournemouth, its expansion was made possible...
One of Britain's rarest bats, the Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii), has been found by a PhD student at its most westerly site ever recorded in the UK. Discovered on National Trust land in...
SpainSun won't shine on Israeli teamThe Spanish Government has disqualified a team from an Israeli university from taking part in a biennial competition to design and build houses using solar power...
Four UK institutions receive tiny return on millions invested in U21Global. Melanie Newman writes
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilAward winner: A.J. McKaneInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £614,488Sandpit: Multi-scale dynamics and gene communitiesAward winner: R....
Expanding online provision is a priority for Carl Lygo, the new CEO of the private education provider BPP Holdings
The deputy vice-chancellor of Kingston University has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Lincoln. Mary Stuart, who takes up the post in November, was previously pro vice-chancellor...
Employment tribunalSacking of ex-convict 'justified'The University of Manchester was justified in sacking a research-contracts officer who failed to declare a fraud conviction, an employment tribunal...
Don't get too hung up on the "impact" of research - academics really need to think much more broadly about the marketisation of their work. Dan Stern, an innovation-communication specialist, argues...