University of Essex - Coalition gender split
Women are much less happy about the new coalition government than men, a poll of political experts has found. The survey of 100 academic scholars, researchers and pollsters attending the Elections,...
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East Anglia, Kent and Sussex - Plant research flowers
Millions of plants picked by Victorian collectors up to 150 years ago and held in herbarium collections across the world could become a new source of data for studying climate change, according to...
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Nottingham Trent University - Oriental enterprise
A business school has signed a feeder agreement with a top Chinese university. Students at the Higher National Diploma Centre at Renmin University's School of International Education will be offered...
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University of Lincoln - Speaking out loud
One of England's ancient cities now has its own speakers' corner. Lincoln Business School, part of the University of Lincoln, suggested a public forum as part of a research project to boost local...
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Queen Mary, University of London - Road map points the way
New research aims to help patients with Barrett's oesophagus, which can lead to cancer. A team led by Janusz Jankowski - Sir James Black professor of gastrointestinal biology and trials at Barts and...
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Royal Holloway, University of London - Accident prevention
Professor John Lewis, emeritus professor of zoology at Royal Holloway, University of London, has added his voice to a national campaign urging pet owners to help stop the spread of parasitic diseases...
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Bleak shipping forecast
UK shipping is emitting up to six times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated, say scientists at the University of Manchester. They conclude that current estimates, based on the amount of...
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Odds and quads
This tin box of glass eyes mounted in aluminium, which attempts to classify a wide variety of colours into 16 categories, forms part of the Galton Collection at University College London.
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#loveHE: 1 in 10,000 chance to study abroad was dream come true
An Indian student who won his Sheffield place in a TV contest has just graduated, writes Neha Popat
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Scaling the heights for an original perspective on university excellence
Jonathan Adams explains why, in his opinion, THE's World University Rankings are so important
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It may have a great reputation - shame about the education
Higher fees should reflect an institution's quality, rather than status, so we should start measuring it, argues Graham Gibbs
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The Week in Higher Education
The government may be coming for higher education's funding but it seems that it will leave the sector's quangos alone. Reports on 24 September revealed that 94 quangos and other public bodies are...
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Flawed indicators used to compare the academic market
Efforts to inform student 'customers' reliant on reputation, not quality. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Question of standards: Overseas students flock to UK for quality of teaching
A new report finds that overseas students hoping to study in the UK are enthusiasts for the quality of education - and warns of increased competition in a "more sophisticated" global market.The...
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Grant award? It could be you
Lottery to decide fate of applications better than 'Byzantine' system, scholar says. Paul Jump writes