Mushrooming problem
Peter Spencer-Phillips, vice-president of the British Mycological Society (Letters, 18 December), is correct to say that I was talking specifically about the critical decline of fungal systematics...
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Silenced by hypocrisy
Haidar Eid, from Al Aqsa University in Gaza, Palestine, was recently invited to give a keynote talk at an international conference on the nature of democracy, hosted by the Centre for Applied...
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Early start for Aimhigher
Peter Davies found that once exam grades were taken into account, for sixth formers there was no relationship between parental occupation and aspirations for higher education ("HE ambitions linked to...
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Baby on board
Increased government support for low-income families with children has coincided with a rise in births among those who left school at 16, a study by the University of Bristol has shown. According to...
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Imperial College London - Synthetic biology centre planned
A new £8 million UK Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation has been announced by Imperial College London, in partnership with the London School of Economics. It will be set up with a grant from...
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University of Sheffield - Expert calls for robot ethics
Vulnerable people must be protected from robots, a top robotics expert has warned. Noel Sharkey, of the University of Sheffield, has called for international guidelines to be set for the ethical and...
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University of St Andrews - Age-old assumptions tested
How old is "old"? People's perceptions of age are being investigated by psychologists at the University of St Andrews, in a bid to improve people's experience of ageing. Researcher Joanne Persson...
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University College Dublin - New species discovered
Scientists have discovered what may be two previously unknown species of extinct animals, during a month-long expedition to the Sahara desert. The expedition was led by Nizar Ibrahim, a...
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University of Strathclyde - Poor face obstacles to learning
Pupils from disadvantaged areas face serious obstacles to getting involved in extracurricular school activities, and go on to make decisions about their future long before many of their more affluent...
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King's College London - Indian partnership launched
A partnership deal has been signed between Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and King's College London. The agreement is to develop joint research links and a student exchange scheme, with an...
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Oxford Brookes University - Management Kitemark awarded
The Investors in People Kitemark has been awarded to Oxford Brookes University. The Investors in People standard is designed to advance an organisation's performance through the leadership,...
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University of Ulster - Bid to boost spin doctors' image
The professionals who most need spin doctors are spin doctors themselves, according to research. Conor McGrath, who has just completed his PhD at the University of Ulster, focused his research on the...
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Imperial College London - Women's springboard to success
A programme set up to support postdoctoral women researchers at Imperial College London has celebrated its first successful intake. Twenty women from across the college have completed the Springboard...
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EPSRC Science and Innovation Awards - £20m for extremely thin research
Several institutions have revealed plans to open research centres to explore graphene, the thinnest conducting material in existence. Five-year grants totalling £20 million have been awarded to the...
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University of Brighton - Fat gene linked to calorie intake
Children with the obesity gene FTO are more likely to choose fattening foods than those who are not carriers, according to a study from several institutions. Peter Watt, head of research in sport and...