Our cowed leaders must stand up for academic freedom
The Government wants to dictate the trajectory of research and the funding bodies are complicit. This must stop, says Thomas Docherty
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University of Exeter - Credit crunch slows construction
Student accommodation that was due to be built by Into University Partnerships at the University of Exeter has been delayed because the company has had difficulty raising finance. Into, which has set...
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St Mary's University College - Mesmeric medicine
The first diploma in clinical hypnosis is to be offered by St Mary's University College. The course, launched together with the Brief Strategic Therapy and Clinical Hypnosis Foundation, aims to...
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University of Huddersfield - On board Aimhigher
The University of Huddersfield has become the first UK university to sign up to the Learner Progression Model - a government-developed scheme to help children with no university background to go into...
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Roehampton University - Why smart boys play dumb
Bright boys dumb down to avoid bullying in schools, according to new research. Becky Francis, professor of education at Roehampton University, found that clever boys were more likely to be branded a...
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University College London - £1,000 to stay on for masters
Undergraduates at a London university will be offered a £1,000 discount on tuition fees if they stay on to study a taught masters. University College London said the measure was the first in a series...
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University of Reading - Unfair dismissal case rejected
A part-time academic has lost a claim for unfair dismissal against Henley Management College, which is now part of the University of Reading. Ian Chaston, a professor of marketing at the University...
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University of Lincoln - Mise en place, now on line
A £3.5 million centre for food manufacturing has opened at the University of Lincoln's Holbeach campus. The centre will provide a "training factory" for people in the food industry, with research...
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Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester - A unifying chemical bond
A £30 million grant will pay for a new centre for materials chemistry split between the universities of Liverpool, Bolton and Manchester as well as the Daresbury Laboratory. The centre will support...
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The Open University - Medicating the bottom billion
The Open University played host to a debate about the huge sums spent on the fight against Aids and other killer conditions in developing countries. Discussion at the two-day meeting in Milton Keynes...
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Aberystwyth and Cambridge universities - Robot ferments fresh findings
A robot scientist created at Aberystwyth University and the University of Cambridge may be the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The robot, which is called Adam...
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University of Essex - On the matter of mother's milk
The possibility that breast-feeding can prevent post-natal depression is being explored by researchers at the University of Essex. The £240,000 project, funded by the Economic and Social Research...
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University of Bath - Hope for toxic twosome
Rare poisonous mammals could be saved from extinction by researchers at the University of Bath. Scientists are working with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust to study the Hispaniolan solenodon...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Apple for extra credit
A university has won accreditation from one of the world's top technology companies that will, it claims, give its students a jump-start in the creative industries. Anglia Ruskin University has been...
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Glasgow Caledonian University - Soothed by the groove
Listening to music by heavy metal bands such as Motorhead might not sound like the best way to relieve a headache. But a researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University has found that listening to...