Cranfield University has relaunched its masters degree in translational medicine in an attempt to speed the journey from "bench to bedside" - that is, the often very long period it takes before...
Crabs suffer and remember pain, according to new research. The study, by Bob Elwood and Mirjam Appel from Queen's University Belfast, looked at the reactions of hermit crabs to small electric shocks...
Horace Walpole - son of Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole - bought a modest cottage in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, in 1747. He doubled its size, added towers and battlements, and...
V-c says staff costs must be cut; UCU blames poor management for crisis. Melanie Newman reports
Plans to deliver 3 per cent surplus were formed before big funding award, writes Melanie Newman
The University and College Union at Heriot-Watt University has accused managers of breaking employment law by warning individual members of staff that they are at risk of compulsory redundancy ahead...
Eighty staff at Thames Valley University have already agreed to leave under a voluntary severance scheme introduced last year, but the university said further savings are required. "A targeted...
United StatesMeasures of successAcademics must seize the initiative by showing how success should be measured in higher education, an American expert on accreditation has said. Judith Eaton,...
Finland and Sweden plan to cash in by charging non-EU students for tuition, writes Will Sillitoe
Political scientists and others new to energy research are being sought to help shape policy, writes Zoë Corbyn
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects will share more than £300,000 under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme. The other winners were listed last week.Award winner: A.M...
New immigration rules will defend the sector's reputation by sifting out bogus students and institutions, says Phil Woolas
Through lifelong learning cuts, the Government's ELQ policy hurts those who most need access and opportunity, says Tom Sperlinger
Dissemination is not enough; communication is the goal - and that requires us to drop the jargon, argues Sally Taylor
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