University of Dundee - Credited internships up for grads
The UK's first internship certificate for graduates is being offered by the University of Dundee careers service. The postgraduate certificate consists of three credit-bearing modules and...
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Queen's University Belfast - Designs aim to bridge divide
Postgraduate students in planning, architecture and civil engineering are designing "gluing schemes" to help unite Nicosia, the Cypriot capital and the last divided city in Europe. The 12 students...
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Imperial College London - Network for fun and fairness
Eliminating discrimination and promoting equal opportunities at work are the central aims of a relaunched networking group at Imperial College London. Imperial 600 was set up in 2006 but has been...
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University of East Anglia - New name reflects global focus
The School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia has been renamed the School of International Development. It was established in 1973 and was the first of its kind in the UK...
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University of Essex - Playing with words is encouraged
Researchers are learning more about how humans understand and use language by getting ordinary people to read short stories and Wikipedia articles in an online game called Phrase Detectives. The...
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Helping hand from academe to endure the credit crunch
Zoe Corbyn on how Hefce cash can support firms during the tightening recession
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Grant winners
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilThe BBSRC has launched the virtual Sustainable Bioenergy Centre, a £ million project that consists of six programmes aimed at cutting the cost of...
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The Devil's flame-thrower
A tradition of dissent and self-rule among heretics and rebels makes Cambridge successful, says Ross Anderson
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No shit: how I lost my one-of-a-kind collection and my girlfriend, too
For his PhD, Daniel Bennett had built a unique set of faecal samples from a rare lizard. When it was destroyed, he really hit bottom
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Daytime TV: Frankly speaking
Gary Day wonders whether gratuitous cussing and killing are the keys to our evolutionary triumph
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Oh crap - there goes my work
A PhD candidate is threatening to take his university to court after it destroyed 35kg of lizard excrement - the material for his research project.Working in the faculty of biological sciences at the...
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Leeds Met forced to reveal that Lee's exit followed governors' ultimatum
V-c chose to leave rather than face suspension over bullying allegations, says Melanie Newman
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The week in higher education
A pioneering medical researcher has revealed how he took his first steps down his career path - by sending a letter to Blue Peter. Anthony Hollander was nine when he found a dying bird in his garden...
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Hundreds rally to fight cuts at London Met
Students, staff, MPs urge support for institution in wake of Hefce clawback. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Funding council grant repayments will also hit Kingston and Portsmouth
Kingston and Portsmouth universities have confirmed that they are among the institutions that must repay part of their teaching grant to the Higher Education Funding Council for England after...