No lack of support
As a taught and research postgraduate at Queen's University Belfast, I felt compelled to respond to your story, "Capacity 'wasted' amid radical cuts" (16 July).It is not my experience that academics...
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Pure, it's simple
Lord Mandelson says applied science will receive "greater emphasis" ("Clouds on blue-sky horizon", 9 July). Number theory had no serious application for 2,500 years, but without it online...
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Textbook approach
Tim Birkhead says it's time to broaden students' horizons
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From where I sit - Reform slowed to a snail's pace
There is a joke about India's new Education Minister, Kapil Sibal, doing the rounds. It says that his love of "instant" cricket is influencing the pace of his political work. Like a batsman in a...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewersAnke Bernau is lecturer in medieval literature and culture, University of Manchester. "I am currently reading Eamon Duffy's Fires of Faith:...
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Research intelligence - Big pitch: are you in or out?
EPSRC launches a Dragons' Den-style format to decide the fate of £2 million. David Schley reports
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Leader: It's about what you're about
It's easy to mock branding, but the vital job it does in telling the world what a university does and why it matters is priceless
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University of Leeds - Wee linguistic paradox
The use of Scots words by newspapers north of the border has altered substantially since Scottish devolution 11 years ago. The Daily Record became "more Scottish" between 1995 and 2005, according to...
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London School of Economics - Metropolis now
The lives of city-dwellers may be improved by the work of a new international centre at the London School of Economics. LSE Cities is funded by a 60-month, £1 million-a-year endowment from Deutsche...
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University of Warwick - Special relationship
A grant of more than £250,000 has been awarded to the University of Warwick to fund a collaborative research programme involving its Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and the Centre for...
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University of Glasgow - Come on you Bluetooth
Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working on a networking system using Bluetooth technology that could allow sports fans to interact with each other at stadium events. Ad hoc networking...
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De Montfort University - It's caffeine time
A watch designed to supply caffeine directly to a driver's bloodstream has been invented by a student at De Montfort University. The "Folli Watch" improves drivers' reaction speeds by gradually...
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Durham University - Partnership built on faith
Durham University has signed a partnership with former Prime Minister Tony Blair's Faith Foundation, joining Yale University and the National University of Singapore. The foundation is attempting to...
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University of Edinburgh - Get on your boat, Pilgrim
A researcher at the University of Edinburgh claims to have debunked the myth that the Pilgrim Fathers - among the first English settlers in America - were all committed explorers. Susan Hardman Moore...
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University of Cambridge - Party like it's 1209
Drinkers in Cambridge are being invited to toast the university's 800th anniversary with a pint of ale brewed specially for the occasion. The beer, named "1209" after the year of the university's...