A team at the University of Leeds has discovered how a parasite transmitted via cat faeces may trigger the development of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. The toxoplasmosis parasite, which can...
Dame Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, and Mohammed Riaz, a convicted killer, will share the platform at a University of Salford conference. On 1 April, the pair will speak at 21st Century...
Edinburgh Napier University has secured EUR1.5 million (£1.4 million) in European Union funding for its International Teledemocracy Centre. The centre explores how to get young people involved in...
A new book on the UK's food has been written by a lecturer at Bath Spa University. Katharine Reeve, who teaches creative writing and English literature, co-wrote The Rough Guide to Food after...
The cultural, political, economic and social implications of surveillance are the focus of a new masters programme. City University London has launched an MA in surveillance studies, which it said...
Students' attainment could be affected by their diet, research by a lecturer in mental health nursing at the University of Cumbria suggests. Fiona Cassells said there was a clear link between bad...
The recession is being credited with driving a 50 per cent increase in the number of applications for full-time postgraduate courses at the University of Essex. The figure was announced as the...
The vice-chancellor of Bangor University has told staff that £5 million in savings need to be made in the face of "severe financial pressures". Merfyn Jones said in a memo that the economic crisis...
Research into high-speed internet networks has been boosted by a £2.7 million grant. The government funding will connect Aston University to the Janet Aurora network, one of the largest fibre-optic...
A one-day symposium has celebrated the opening of Van Dyck and Britain, Tate Britain's blockbuster exhibition of the Flemish master's works. The event was hosted by Queen Mary, University of London,...
Ways of exploiting virtual worlds and "serious games" such as Second Life for the benefit of higher education are to be explored at a conference on 23-24 March. The event, hosted by Coventry...
The University of Dundee's Law School has overhauled its courses. Students will now be able to choose whether to qualify with the professional accreditation of the Law Society of Scotland or its...
Times Higher Education Leadership & Management AwardsTuesday 9 June 2009London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, London
United StatesStudent achievement gap widensAfrican-American students are falling farther behind their peers at state universities, new data on graduation rates suggest. According to the state...
'Apparently ideological' condition on government funds sparks outrage in Canada, writes John Gill