University of Plymouth - No compulsory redundancies
The University of Plymouth has said that no academics will face compulsory redundancy as part of its cost-cutting drive. The university is looking to shed 223 jobs - about 6.5 per cent of its...
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Northumbria University - Snow on TV news
Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow will speak at Northumbria University on how a rapidly changing world and new technologies are affecting the way television reports the news. Describing his lecture, Mr...
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University of Aberdeen - Hopes for vaccine for farmed fish
A vaccine to protect farmed salmon against viral and bacterial infections is being developed at the University of Aberdeen. "Understanding the key stages of fish and their immune systems is...
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Birkbeck, University of London - School names decided at last
The names of five new schools at Birkbeck, University of London, have been decided after almost a year of debate. They are: the School of Law; the School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy;...
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De Montfort University - Scholarly screen treatments
From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, adaptations of literary classics have always been a mainstay of cinema and television programming. Now a centre has been set up at De Montfort University to study...
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Data ark
The life history of the naked mole rat is among the records of more than 4,000 animal species that have been included in an online database at the University of Liverpool. The database, which is the...
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Mooted change to discipline rules stirs Cambridge debate
Fairer or fouler? Views vary on a proposed update to long-established code, writes Melanie Newman
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Original features
The Royal Veterinary College's new Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED) is a state-of-the-art hub for a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, immunologists, microbiologists,...
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News in brief
Lifelong learningMPs back more adult educationMore than 100 MPs have signed an early day motion lamenting the loss of 1.4 million adult-education places over the past two years and calling for more...
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Post-92 boards are set to shrink
DIUS to allow governing bodies with fewer staff and student members. Melanie Newman reports
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Take up the green challenge
Climate change is one of the gravest threats of our age, but universities are helping to tackle it, writes David Lammy
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Ministers won't say the F-word - it's up to us to make the case for fees
Universities must tell the public why higher top-ups are needed because the lily-livered Government will not, Anna Fazackerley says
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Denham: elite to get lion's share of future research funding
The results of 14 independent reviews of higher education are in. John Denham, the Universities Secretary, now wants to establish a coherent vision for the future of UK higher education. This will be...
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Backing for appliance of science to UK strengths
The Government will push ahead with its controversial plan to align research funding with the UK's future industrial strengths.The plan could see funding concentrated on fields that are considered...