University of Ulster - Outreach programme hailed
Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has praised the "outstanding success" of an eight-year-old outreach programme that opens up university life to teenagers who may never...
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Scottish Agricultural College - £6.9 million windfall
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) is to give £6.9 million to the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) for the coming academic year. With campuses in Aberdeen, Ayr and Edinburgh, the SAC was, until...
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University of East Anglia - Cult author honoured
An international conference celebrating the cult author W. G. Sebald - a memorial that the man himself "would have hated", according to the event's organiser, Amanda Hopkinson - will be hosted by the...
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Edge Hill University - Pioneers in research
Research degree-awarding powers have been granted to Edge Hill University. It will now be able to offer and award its own MPhil and PhD degrees, just two years after it gained university status. "...
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University of St Andrews - New home for terrorism centre
Robert Tuttle, the US ambassador to the UK, has opened a new £8 million home for experts in international security, terrorism and peace studies at the University of St Andrews. The new building...
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Aberystwyth University - New psychology department
A new department of psychology, offering seven joint honours degree schemes from September, has opened at Aberystwyth University. The courses range from psychology and international politics to...
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City University London - Broadcasting degree approved
A degree programme in community TV and radio has become the first of its kind to win accreditation from the Broadcast Journalism Training Council. City University's foundation degree in creative...
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London Metropolitan University - Joker's violence is a joke
A psychology lecturer has defended the low age restrictions of the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight. Simon Moore, who researches violence in films at London Metropolitan University, said few...
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University of Warwick - Filip for bonding trials
Engineers are developing "Velcro" car parts to make recycling and disposal easier. The new material, which can be used for bumpers and wing mirrors, has received £60,000 for additional research and...
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Brunel University - Sound vision
Research led by Elliot Freeman, lecturer in psychology at Brunel University's School of Social Sciences, has confirmed that what we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes. The...
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Anger as US tuition fees reach new high-water mark
Backlash looms as critics decry lack of checks on soaring cost of higher education, writes Jon Marcus
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Philosophers in ranking protest
International scholars take Australian Government to task over assessment plan, reports Zoe CorbynThe Australian Government's move to create a ranking of academic journals in order to assess the...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaPlans for better fundraising driveAustralia's top universities are to adopt uniform reporting standards on philanthropic gifts by the end of the year as part of a drive to improve their...
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New AAUP chief to fight 'academic capitalism'
John Gill meets the man who pledges to restore intellectual freedom to US university campuses
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A lighter weight of paper?
The dilution of PhD standards damages the status of every aspect of UK academe, claims Kevin Sharpe