Guitar heroes 2
James Alexander's entertaining article claims that Jimi Hendrix is the exception to the rule that unlike English guitarists, no Americans have "the right spirit, able to serve and transcend music at...
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Stringing out the debate
When it comes to the question "How long is a piece of string?" (Contents, 30 April; Letters, 7 May), the answer (with apologies to Sartre) is until such time as it no longer is.John Green, Stoke-on-...
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... and be quick about it
Impatient editors risk upsetting manuscript referees, writes Tim Birkhead
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From where I sit - Studious Sue, not-so-clever Trevor
Earlier this year, I attended a tertiary educators' training session in which we watched a 2006 Danish film about the changing nature of students - Teaching Teaching and Understanding Understanding,...
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Leader: Watch the devilish details
The REF is moving in a direction that most of the sector is happy with, but there is still much at stake in the fine-tuning
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University of East Anglia - US grant for overseas study
The University of East Anglia has become the first university outside the United States to receive an award from the Institute for Study Abroad Foundation, an American funding body set up to support...
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The Open University - Partnerships broker
A business consultancy has been appointed by The Open University to encourage more employers to bring learning into the workplace. The consultancy firm, Partnership Development Solutions, will look...
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Gray's School of Art - Japan the brave
Students at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen have been working with Edinburgh-based social enterprise Sakura Scotland to design a collection of Japanese tartans. Daniel Crozier, a student and budding...
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University of Aberdeen - Music and lyrics
Carol Ann Duffy, the recently appointed Poet Laureate, will be the star guest at the University of Aberdeen's Writers Festival this week. The poet, who is professor of contemporary poetry at...
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University of Leicester - Watchdog in the dock
The performance of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) during the global financial crisis was scrutinised at an event held by a new research group at the University of Leicester's Centre for...
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University of Chester - Dutch visit
A group of teachers, headteachers and experts in special educational needs from the Netherlands has taken part in a study trip to the University of Chester. The week-long trip was organised by Anne-...
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University of Manchester - Centre honours Nobel recipient
A £39 million research centre that will house one of the largest biomedical complexes in Europe officially opened at the University of Manchester last week. The A.V. Hill Building - named after the...
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University of Nottingham - Climate phrases
The language of climate change is littered with metaphors and emotive terms, from the ubiquitous "carbon footprint" to descriptions of environmentalists as "carbon fascists". Now linguists at the...
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University of Sheffield - Boeing funding aims high
Students from the University of Sheffield are set to benefit from a funding scheme created by aerospace company Boeing. More than £,000 has been donated by the firm to fund scholarships and additions...
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University of York - The rise of Twitterfall
Twitterfall, a programme developed by students at the University of York to help users of social networking service Twitter find people writing about topics they are interested in, has caught the...