Centre named after Iris
A leading dementia expert has praised the film Iris for "raising the level of debate and discussion" about the disease. The film, about the life of academic philosopher and novelist Dame Iris Murdoch...
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Teesside to tackle crime in Lithuania
The University of Teesside is to begin a drive to help the authorities in a former Soviet republic crackdown on corruption. The £1.2 million project in the Baltic republic of Lithuania is part of a...
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UK told to get EU focus
British researchers have been warned that they must forge collaborations with institutions in Europe if they want to compete with the best in the world. John Lawton, head of the Natural Environment...
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Whistleblowers: Universities set to adopt ombudsman system
'Funding and goodwill have run out at UCL and Dr Link's laboratory mice are facing destruction, setting her research back years' Universities are facing historic constitutional reform to pave the way...
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AUT condemns UCL in row over research post
Members of the Association of University Teachers have condemned University College London for its treatment of Eva Link, an internationally renowned cancer researcher whose life work may collapse...
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Put salaries on quality agenda
It's time to end the shabby gentility that pervades UK higher education, says Geoffrey Alderman. In all the rhetoric that has followed John Randall's resignation as chief executive of the Quality...
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Silence is surrender
If academics do not speak out for truth, they fail themselves and their jobs, argues Bob Brecher The past 20 years have seen a drastic depoliticisation of all aspects of British life, a phenomenon at...
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Why I... think we need a chair of sottismics to evaluate academic jabberwocky
People write the most daunting books without a thought for those obliged to read them. Only after toiling through mountains of recondite folly do we find the courage to pronounce them worthless. Some...
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Nice legs - shame about the teaching
Universities are putting increasing emphasis on student evaluation forms but, warns Zazie Todd, they can reveal more about gender biases than the quality of tuition. The last class has ended. The...
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Cutting edge: Digital Darwinism
The future of computers is not artificial intelligence, says Peter Bentley, but true intelligence, in the form of software based on human biology. Children's toys are extraordinary these days. Little...
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Lessons in misplaced trust and dollars lost
A US researcher with a passion for British beer is challenging assumptions that underlie many economic models - and finding that losing a few cents can be an unforgettable aid to classroom learning....
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Medical schools fear job losses and a knock-on effect on the NHS
Medics fear there could be job losses as a result of the government's refusal to fund the research assessment exercise in full. This would be politically disastrous for a government seeking to bring...
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Selective funding attacked by UUK
Universities UK has attacked the decision to fund research more selectively than ever before. The government has not provided enough money to reward improved performance, measured by last year's...
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Women inch into a male domain
Women and ethnic minorities are slowly muscling their way into the still largely white male field of academic economics, according to a report from the Royal Economic Society's committee on women in...
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Dundee firm widens access and draws talent
Cash machine giant NCR is giving £90,000 over three years to fund up to 30 computing and technology bursaries at the University of Abertay Dundee. The Dundee-based NCR Financial Solutions Group...