University of Manchester - Chemical engineering boost
Plans have been announced for a £30 million chemical engineering facility at the University of Manchester. It will serve the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, and will...
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University of Essex - Recession's victims
Ethnic minorities, young adults and the poorly qualified are most likely to be out of work as a result of the recession, according to work at the University of Essex. Richard Berthoud, a researcher...
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Mighty wind
Clare Wood and Ben Evans, research officers at the Civil and Computational Engineering Research Centre at Swansea University, experience the power of an industrial wind tunnel, used to test a...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaPut a stop to 'exploitation'Private education provision should be overseen by an independent national regulator to put a stop to the "exploitation" of foreign students, critics in Australia...
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Appointments
Rositsa Bateson has been named pro vice-chancellor (recruitment and student experience) at the University of Abertay Dundee. Dr Bateson, who is currently vice-president of student services at the...
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Original features
The University of Edinburgh's Waddington Building, which officially opened last week to house its Centre for Systems Biology, offers a flexible environment for experimental and theoretical...
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Worthy traveller: publication that reshaped the landscape turns silver
Wasafiri, a magazine that opened up literary studies to fresh voices, is 25. Matthew Reisz reports
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'Support' for CNZS but no U-turn on its closure
The college at the centre of an escalating row over plans to close its Centre for New Zealand Studies (CNZS) has pledged to continue supporting its work in some form - but stopped short of reversing...
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Aberystwyth University - Extended learning
Work starts this week on the construction of a £1.3 million extension to the department of sport and exercise science at Aberystwyth University. The project will add eight teaching and research...
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University of Salford - Virtual tool for gypsy settlements
Computer-game technology is being used to help local authorities find and develop sites for gypsy and traveller communities. The University of Salford's Virtual Environments Technology Solutions and...
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University of Aberdeen - Stoned bones are stronger longer
Cannabis may help to prevent the breakdown of bones, scientists at the University of Aberdeen have found. The researchers have discovered a constituent in the drug that can block the protein that...
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Kingston University - Milk doesn't come from bottles?
Farm visits are dispelling children's ignorance about where food comes from, according to new research by Kingston University. Agricultural trips, set up as part of the Government's Educational...
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Bradford/Leeds College of Music - Sweet music together
A merger has been agreed between the University of Bradford and Leeds College of Music to help both institutions improve their music provision. A detailed merger proposal is being drawn up and will...
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University of Manchester - Maggot maestros pest in show
Maggots are the toast of the art world, thanks to the University of Manchester. Fruit fly larvae were the stars of Pestival - a festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect -...
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Big time: welcome to the age of 'mass access' worldwide
OECD findings pose major political questions for higher education across the globe, writes Phil Baty