Employability horror story
It is, perhaps, very appropriate that Lee Harvey's letter (30 October) should have been printed in the week leading up to Hallowe'en and in the same issue as your leader article on the validity of...
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Free choice is not elitist
I feel I must take issue with Brian Roper of London Metropolitan University ("Go private, London Met boss tells Oxbridge", 16 October).Of course universities should ideally be all-inclusive and "...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaUniversities back in vogueUniversity applications in Australia have experienced a surge after "years in the doldrums", according to The Australian newspaper. Statistics from the University...
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Energy-rich US states poach talent in downturn
Institutions in have-not regions feel the pinch as Texas and Alaska expand provision, writes John Gill
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Part-funding rewards 'average' at expense of elite
The vice-chancellor of one of Australia's elite research universities has criticised what he sees as the spread of funding around "average" institutions to "make people feel good about themselves"....
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Europe shows green light
Millions of euros on offer to speed up commercialisation of transport technologies, writes Zoe Corbyn
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Grant winners
BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATIONThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced 104 grants of $100,000 (£64,000) each in the first round of its Grand Challenges Explorations scheme. They have...
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East-West partnership raises funds, buildings and hope
Durham's Sri Lankan project links academics and students, writes Chloe Stothart
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Sharp students
Anneliese Mackintosh is one of the postgraduates at Glasgow who produce an online journal to boost their skills
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Appointments
Jo Carby-Hall, a professor in the politics department at the University of Hull, has been awarded a Polish state honour for his report, "The Treatment of Polish and Other A8 Economic Migrants in the...
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At the sharp end
Maria Carnesky, a creative and performing arts fellow at the National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield, performs as part of the university's Admission All Classes project. Led by...
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University of Southampton - From ashes springs new hope
Three years to the day after a fire destroyed a University of Southampton research facility, a new building has opened in its place. The £55 million Mountbatten Building on the Highfield Campus is a...
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University of East London - Partners in East End history
A social and cultural history research centre is being relaunched with the aim of becoming one of the UK's most dynamic bases for historical research. In 1995, the historian Raphael Samuel created a...
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London School of Economics - Comedy of disgust
The television comedy Little Britain largely panders to prejudice and hatred, according to a new academic study. Research from the London School of Economics argues that the majority of characters in...
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King's College London - Translating research into health
The Princess Royal has officially opened a new clinical research facility at St Thomas' Hospital. Researchers at King's College London and clinical staff at the hospital will undertake multi-...