Why we can't talk pay yet
Since the damaging 2006 pay dispute, higher education employers have reflected long and hard and have pursued an agenda of reform to provide a framework for the continuation into the 21st century of...
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A muddled reading
While I am genuinely grateful for the attention paid to my book The Aftermath of Feminism (Books, 18 December), I am distressed and perplexed by the way in which I am portrayed as presenting a...
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Online enlightenment
Gordon Joly is wrong to state that the DSc, DLitt and so on are honorary degrees (Letters, January 15). Although they are often awarded honorarily, they can also be earned, typically by submitting a...
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Research intelligence - Matters of loaf and death
Ensuring the UK's food supply in an uncertain future has become a priority for the BBSRC. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Leader: Everyone is talking the talk
The increasing use of English in higher education across Europe could cost the UK a vital competitive advantage
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Cash and trash trump class
Privilege clings to wealth as mores change, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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University of Bath - Nothing new for me, thanks
A staff member and part-time student at the University of Bath is starting her second year of abstaining from shopping. Christine Bone, an administrator and student on the School of Management's MSc...
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University of Chester - A dig at communal excavations
The lasting value of "community archaeology" - digs carried out by members of the public - has been questioned by an academic. Research by Howard Williams, senior lecturer in the department of...
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Kingston University - Bronze baby rescued from prison
A valuable bronze sculpture of a baby that lay forgotten in an administration block at Holloway Prison has been rediscovered by an academic. The work, Happy Baby by Dora Gordine, had not moved since...
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Queen Mary, University of London - £55m break for bone building
A spin-off company has closed a £55 million investment deal to help develop substitutes for human bone. Joost de Bruijn of the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary, University of...
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City University London - Cross-fertilising for creativity
Creative skills are the focus of a new centre at City University London, uniting researchers from across the disciplines. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice aims to...
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Edge Hill University - Chinese studies launched
Two courses have been launched in response to China's growth as a global power. From September, Chinese studies will be available at Edge Hill University as a joint honours programme with English or...
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Southampton/Warwick - Digital facelift for Roman figure
A 2,000-year-old painted Roman statue is being digitally restored to its original glory by scientists from the University of Southampton and the University of Warwick. The head of the statue was...
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University of Edinburgh - Galloway joins rector race
George Galloway, the Respect MP and former contestant on Celebrity Big Brother, has joined the race to be rector of the University of Edinburgh. He faces two rivals - George Foulkes, a Labour MSP,...
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University of Sheffield - A new home for humanities
A £21.2 million building to house the University of Sheffield's arts and humanities departments was completed last week. The site, Jessop West, is billed as an "environmentally friendly model of...