University of Glamorgan - Dementia families cared for
A Welsh university is helping people with dementia continue living with their families. The University of Glamorgan has gone into partnership with a housing company to construct an innovative...
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University of Leicester - Undergraduate gains masters
A medical student from the University of Leicester has graduated with a masters degree in medical humanities - midway through her undergraduate medical training. Under Leicester's programme, students...
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Harper Adams University College - Former student gives golden egg
An agricultural college has been given a £500,000 donation by a former student who made his fortune in the poultry industry.Harper Adams University College will use the cash to set up a new student...
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LSBU/Bucks New University - Rating system for health courses
NHS London has published a new measure of universities' work to ensure that the next generation of healthcare professionals have the correct skills. The quality assurance system focuses on value for...
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School of Hygiene/Tropical Medicine - Royal opens research space
Princess Anne has opened a new building that will house up to 90 staff and space for research and teaching. The South Courtyard Building at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine contains...
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University of East London - Psychologist's film wins award
A short film co-produced by a university psychologist has won the award for best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film at the London Independent Film Festival. Homoworld is a 17-minute film...
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Peace not war
Peace triumphed over War - again - in the latest round of the Tolstoy Cup. The annual football match between teams from the peace studies department at the University of Bradford and the war studies...
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Moses to Clem and the Minotaur
We asked you to tell us the moment in history you would most like to have caught on video camera. The diverse - and creative - results are now in. Our ten favourites are printed below, in no...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesLawyer loses on 'frivolous' groundsA lawyer who sued Columbia University for failing to offer men's studies courses has lost his case. Roy Den Hollander accused the university of bias...
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Scientist fired for speaking to press discusse s a settlement
Public outcry followed dismissal of global expert on climate change. Melanie Newman reports
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Sarkozy ignores protests against his reform drive
President Nicolas Sarkozy is refusing to back down from planned reforms to French higher education despite 15 weeks of strikes by academics and a call by university presidents for a moratorium.
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Daytime TV: Fighting fit
Gary Day sings an ode to manliness, from 11th-century swordplay to 21st-century six-packs
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28 May 2009
Step up to the mike - The decline of the public intellectual voice leaves a dangerous void
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Medical charities plan cuts to funding
Survey shows that some plan to slash research budgets by up to 40 per cent. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Concern over shrinking numbers of UK recruits to psychiatry
Royal college cites doctors’ ‘negative attitudes’ to subject in highlighting dearth of entrants. Hannah Fearn reports