Now, what personality type I shall I project today...?
Edinburgh University has developed a novel addition to word-processing style checkers - software that lets you choose the personality you want to project. A team from Edinburgh's School of...
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NI election spurs students to embark on anti-fees campaign
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have launched a campaign urging political parties to pledge to abolish student fees and reject top-up fees in the run-up to the Northern Ireland assembly elections...
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Union slates job cull plans
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has accused Aberdeen University of "rushing unnecessarily" to shed staff in a £1 million restructuring scheme, writes Olga Wojtas. The university has...
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School pupils to get taste of medicine by tapping into students' online journals
Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School in London, the largest in the UK, has been trying different mentoring schemes to link up with schoolchildren from London state schools for the past three...
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Health studies get cash to boost access policies
The struggle to widen participation in university medicine and healthcare courses was given a boost this week with the announcement of £3 million additional funding from the Department of Health and...
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Evidence was 'fabricated' on trade unionist
A trade union activist at Liverpool John Moores University was subjected to a series of false allegations of dishonesty and misconduct by her colleagues, the vice-chancellor has ruled. In one...
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Uclan seeks foothold in Carlisle
The University of Central Lancashire is hoping to take over Northumbria University's campus in Carlisle. Uclan said the takeover would take place next August if the details were successfully worked...
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Auld enemy? We're just teasing English, say Scots
Are the English in Scotland the "auld enemy" or "new Scots"? Conflicting views are set to emerge at a symposium next month organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy and...
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Paris
A global fund to help rebuild Iraq's universities has been launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Mir Asghar Husain, Unesco's director of education policy...
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Jakarta
A first-year student has died in an initiation ceremony at Jakarta's Institute for Public Administration. Wahyu Hidayat is thought to have been a victim of the military-style discipline at the IPA. A...
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Brussels
Israeli scientists could benefit from the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme after an association agreement was put to ministers for approval. The deal would allow research teams from Israel...
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Beijing
Six Chinese universities are being linked this month to form the world's largest grid computing project for education and research. The initiative will create a virtual hub capable of 15 trillion...
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Anti-terror legislation may curb bio-research
Moves to make research that is potentially useful for bioterrorism subject to greater secrecy could deter scientists from carrying out controversial projects. Members of an expert panel of the...
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Revolt at hotdog culture
The French are turning to a new university to help lead their fightback against American junk food. The Institute for Higher Studies in Taste and Gastronomy - the world's first gastronomic university...
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Turkish reforms are blocked by secular military
The Turkish government has temporarily backed down on plans to reform higher education in the face of strong criticism from the country's powerful military. Proposals had been drawn up by the ruling...