In Anglo-American universities where it was born, "political correctness" spurs self-righteousness and bile. For the progressive Left - a politically correct term to exclude social democrats -...
1. Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care, Second Edition by Max Watson, Caroline Lucas, Andrew Hoy and Jo Wells. Oxford University Press, £.95. ISBN 97801992343562. The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of...
Andrew Gamble finds a nation-by-nation strategy on global warming persuasive
A Blueprint for a Safer Planet: How to Manage Climate Change and Create a New Era of Progress and Prosperity by Nicholas Stern, I.G. Patel chair, head of the India Observatory and chair of the...
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- Open Business Innovation Leadership: The Emergence of the Stakeholder UniversityEdited by Aldo Romano, professor of innovation management, University of Salento. Palgrave...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...