Melbourne model in vogue
What a sad indictment of our higher education system when it is stated in Times Higher Education that the only thing that counts is jobs ("From where I sit", 16 October).Whatever happened to getting...
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Fight QAA's vacuity
Thomas Docherty's letter (23 October) is a welcome sign of resistance to the hideous juggernaut of Quality Assurance Agency vacuity now lumbering through British higher education.I had always...
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Baize watch
A croupier deals a hand at the Times Higher Education Awards as guests try their luck at the charity casino. With the black-tie dress code setting the tone, vice-chancellors were among those doing...
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University of Bedfordshire - Revamp plans submitted
The first plans for a £70 million redevelopment programme to transform the University of Bedfordshire's Luton campus have been submitted for approval. The first phase of the project includes new...
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Royal College of Art - New site takes it to the bridge
A world-famous art college is to open a new campus. The Royal College of Art has won planning permission for a new site to house its schools of fine and applied art. Some 250 students and staff will...
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Birkbeck, University of London - Camera shoots moonward
An X-ray camera developed by a team based in Oxfordshire has launched into space on board India's first mission to the moon. C1XS is an X-ray spectrometer that will map the surface composition of the...
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Goldsmiths/University College London - Collaboration powers up the arts
Two London universities are teaming up to investigate the relationship between computer science and the arts. A collaboration between Goldsmiths, University of London, and University College London...
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London School of Economics - City will survive economic blitz
London has the underlying strength to recover from the effects of the world's economic crisis, according to a study conducted by a research group at the London School of Economics. Although the...
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Institute of Education - Early markers of 'blighted' lives
Most children who will go on to experience serious deprivation in adulthood can be identified by the age of ten, a new report suggests. Researchers at the Institute of Education, University of London...
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University of East Anglia - Green power takes root
The foundations have been laid for a new power station at the University of East Anglia that promises to cut the university's carbon emissions by more than a third in two years. The biomass station,...
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Nottingham Trent University - Designer fashions scholarship
Nottingham-born fashion designer Paul Smith will fund a scholarship programme that allows fashion students to gain a first-hand insight into the Japanese fashion industry. Each year, two students...
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University of Hull - Computer science courts women
A new joint honours degree that will cover psychology and computer science has been launched by the University of Hull. The course, which will start next September, is part of an effort to encourage...
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Manchester Metropolitan University - Cash for fellows who go public
A £10,000 award is on offer to six academics at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) to become "public engagement fellows". MMU says it is determined to bridge the gap between the public and...
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University of Edinburgh - Sharp image wins business prize
This year's Research Councils UK Business Plan Competition has been won by a project from the University of Edinburgh. Scientists from the university, led by Ben Panter, won the award for developing...
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University College London - To the centre of the Universe
A new institute will explore the origin and evolution of the Universe. The Institute for Origins at University College London is to recruit four research fellows and two PhD students, funded with £...