Keele University - Giant planet's strange spin
A planet that is about twice the size of Jupiter has been discovered by a postgraduate student at Keele University. David Anderson found the planet, named WASP-17, some 1,000 light-years from Earth,...
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St George's, University of London - Medical model's place in the sun
A Portuguese university is using a UK institution's graduate-medicine scheme as a model for its own courses. In 2000, St George's, University of London was the first university in the UK to introduce...
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University of Northampton - Malaysian partnership
A partnership agreement has been signed between the University of Northampton and a private university college in Malaysia. Under the agreement, Northampton's School of Applied Sciences will teach...
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University of Leeds - Arthritic agenda
An academic has called for arthritis and related conditions to receive greater political recognition. Paul Emery, Arthritis Research Campaign professor of rheumatology and head of musculoskeletal...
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Boot camp
Students from Bournemouth University are getting in shape for a month-long trip to Africa to coach underprivileged children. Twenty students have been recruited from the universities of Bournemouth,...
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Original features
Although there has been a library at The Queen's College, Oxford since its foundation in the 1340s, its present Upper Library - considered by many to be one of the most beautiful rooms in the city -...
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Cambridge dons confront 'furtive' board over merger
FoI brings plans for library and Language Centre out into the open. Melanie Newman reports
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Estates of disrepair: 11 institutions are not up to scratch, says Hefce
Report also points to squeeze on campus as teaching space declines. Hannah Fearn reports
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CIHE's expansion to bring members to the fore
An organisation that aims to bring universities and industry closer together is rethinking its structure, putting its members - both academics and leaders of industry - at the heart of its operations...
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Overseas briefing
IndiaAfter you ... no, after youHigher education leaders have been doing some soul-searching about the quality of research in India, with the head of the National Knowledge Commission warning that...
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US special: Will students 'melt' away in heat of recession?
Institutions adopt strategies to ensure this autumn's intake shows up. Jon Marcus reports
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Mandarins, lend us your ears
An AHRC-ESRC scheme will give scholars the chance to work in the heart of government. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILIN DETAILAward winner: Jane ChapmanInstitution: University of LincolnValue: £56,549Women, press and protest in British and French India, 1928-48Focusing on the...
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A life model
Nick de Ville says Goldsmiths' influential practice-based doctorate is creating a new breed of professional academic
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Appointments
The University of Salford has appointed Keith Barnes, former regional director of the Government Office for the North West, pro vice-chancellor for strategic partnerships and development.Tony Weetman...