Findings: Branding on the brain
It seems the marketing gurus were right all along - the human brain has a special way of processing the brand names of products, writes Steve Farrar. In particular, those brand names that keep a...
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Parents who delay separation depress students
Unhappy couples who wait until their child has gone to university before splitting up may be contributing to growing depression among students. The annual student wellbeing conference hosted by...
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Blair 'clueless' on growth
The government has little idea how to reach its target of 50 per cent participation in higher education, how many extra staff this will require and how much it will cost, it emerged this week. The...
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College head to lead DFES unit
Jane Williams, principal of the City of Wolverhampton College, has been appointed director of teaching and learning at the Department for Education and Skills. She will lead a new unit that aims to...
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University recruitment rises by 3.9 per cent
The number of people who have accepted a university or college place for the coming year is up by 3.9 per cent, according to figures released this week by the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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I'll make it simple
Learning is too hard. If we don't make it easier, intellectual evolution may stop, argues Michael Wood. I remember reading that, at some stage, only two people understood Einstein's theory of general...
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Pfizer to pay £500k for pharmacy school head
Pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has pledged to pay £500,000 for an academic to head the new Medway School of Pharmacy. The school is part of a collaboration between the universities of Kent and...
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Mackney to stand for Natfhe secretary again
Paul Mackney, general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, has confirmed that he will stand for another five-year term of office, as the union this week opened the nominations for an election to the...
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You cannot make them think
All should have the option of university but only the really able should expect to collect a full degree, argues Hugh Fletcher. "Some of the students shouldn't be in higher education." So wrote...
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UUK plans consultation on admissions system
A new consultation on a post-qualification admissions system is being planned by Universities UK in response to the Local Government Authority's call earlier this month for the school year to be...
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No English, no problem, for Bradford students
Bradford University will be able to recruit non-English speaking international students next term as part of a pioneering new language programme. The International Foundation Programme means the...
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Why I... believe we should not look to nature for moral guidance
Olivia Judson is a research fellow Imperial College London. In 1853, the Reverend Francis Morris urged everyone to imitate the virtuous, humble behaviour of the dunnock, a small brown bird that lives...
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Scientists draft wasps into war on weevils
Scientists are enlisting the help of a parasitic wasp in a bid to stop the pine weevil destroying £4 million of top-quality timber trees every year. The team from the University of Ulster has...
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Chester hopes merger will bring new status
Chester College of Higher Education will take over Warrington Collegiate Institute's 900 higher education students. Chester College, founded in 1839 as the first Church of England college, is a...
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Fees for the finder
A Brazilian businessman who lost more than £13,000 cash told the student who returned it that he could have anything he wanted. Ismael Joao da Silva found the money inside three envelopes on one of...