Lancaster University - A new focus on bipolar disorder
The treatment of bipolar disorder will be the focus of a new research centre. Lancaster University's £3million Spectrum Centre for Mental Health Research will work on developing psychological...
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London School of Economics - Philanthropists hand over £100m
A London university has raised £100 million through fundraising. The London School of Economics achieved the figure following a campaign that saw it receive donations from more than 90 countries,...
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University of Bath - Innovation masters launched
An MSc in innovation and technology management has been launched by the University of Bath. The programme, which will start in October, is designed for graduates from a range of disciplines including...
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Liverpool John Moores University - New science block gets go-ahead
A new £20 million building to accommodate science facilities at Liverpool John Moores University has been given the go-ahead by planners. The building represents the first phase of a ten-year plan to...
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Pet relationships
Many people have closer relationships with their pets than they do with family members, a researcher has found.Nickie Charles, a sociology professor at the University of Warwick, asked 193 people to...
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'Pork-barrel' cash on the rise in US
Public criticism of non-competitive research grants has not stemmed their growth. John Gill reportsA controversial funding system responsible for funnelling $1.6 billion (£800 million) to academic...
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Overseas briefing
UNITED STATESGENDER GAP VARIES BY INSTITUTIONThe pay gap between male and female academics in the US is more heavily influenced by the type of institution that women teach in than the subjects they...
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Talking cents
Economists have a duty to speak directly to the public about global poverty, Paul Collier insists. Melanie Newman reports
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Appointments
The University of Bristol has made two senior appointments at its Centre for East Asian Studies. Yongjin Zhang will join from the University of Auckland as director of the centre and as professor of...
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Access cash is best spent 'lower down the chain'
Schools have more participation impact, leader of the 'no-bullshit university' tells Melanie Newman
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Satisfaction not guaranteed
Job fulfilment and job comfort are different and impossible to reflect fully in quality-of-life indices, argues Linda Evans
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We must rout the residual prime evil of our primeval world
Violence against females is rooted in our brutal past, but such acts are neither biologically nor culturally immutable, says David Roberts
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Getting it together
David Watson argues that for research funding to be distributed equitably, the best way forward is through deeper collaboration
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Hepi predicts fee cap rise but no boost in subsidy
Report says universities will lose out as Government seeks to claw back cash. Melanie Newman reports
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'Moral panic' blamed for clampdown on research
Academic fears her work on pupil-teacher relations would fail ethics rules today, says Melanie Newman