Cancer research cash
Researchers at University College London, Oxford University and the Institute of Cancer Research are to spend £5 million developing a new ultrasound technique to treat abdominal cancers. The team,...
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Headhunters' picks dominate v-c hiring
Unease as lion's share of sector's top jobs go to those tipped or recruited by agencies. Melanie Newman reports. The use of higher-education specialist headhunters is so widespread that few vice-...
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HR initiatives do not boost universities' performance, study
A massive investment in human resource management is having no impact on universities' overall performance, new research has suggested. A survey carried out on behalf of the Leadership Foundation for...
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Cost of student juries
Student juries will cost the taxpayer £20,000, it emerged this week. Five student juries, to be held between now and Christmas, have been budgeted at £20,000 plus expenses, Bill Rammell, the Higher...
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Ucas postgrad launch
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has launched an application service for postgraduates. Universities will now be able to respond to applicants immediately, online, and compare...
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Firms give leg up to law
Thirteen law firms have started a new charitable initiative to promote wider access to the legal profession. The CSET Summer School will target undergraduates who believe they fall short of the...
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UCLan photofit insight
Recognition rates of police photofit portraits can in some cases be doubled by caricaturing and animating them, researchers at the University of Central Lancashire and Stirling University have found...
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Cannabis broken down
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London, have developed a new method to separate the remedial benefits of cannabis from its mood- altering effects. The scientists hope the discovery will...
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Student site unveiled
A website that allows prospective students to compare courses at UK universities and colleges was launched this week. The new Unistats website brings together data from the National Student Survey,...
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Islam study is not a policy tool - Hefce
Academics and the funding council have warned the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills not to view Islamic studies courses as a tool for defeating terrorism and radical Islamist...
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Cranfield gets Arts input to aid design
Two different university cultures are being brought together in a new £5.5 million partnership between Cranfield University and the University of the Arts London. It is hoped that the joint...
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Peter Grant honoured
A specialist in the discipline of electronic signal processing has become the latest holder of the Edinburgh University Regius chair of engineering. Peter Grant, who is head of the School of...
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Warwick's rich harvest
Warwick University has won £6 million worth of funding to research ways of helping crops cope with climate change. The money has been awarded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
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Welsh brains merge
Bangor, Cardiff and Swansea universities have collaborated to set up the new Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, which was launched this week. The institute, which builds on the expertise in...
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UEA free speech vote
University of East Anglia students voted against the National Union of Students' "no platform" policy last week. The referendum was called after the university's students union decided to impose the...