University of Aberdeen - Tripped up by genes
It is not just old age that causes wobbly pensioners to fall down the stairs - their genes could be at fault, too. Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have found that elderly women with a...
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University of Glasgow - Transatlantic healing
A Scottish university has linked up with a US Ivy League institution to boost scientific research. The University of Glasgow has signed a strategic agreement with Columbia University in New York that...
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It remains to be seen
Museums are over-sensitive about displaying human remains and are hiding them away following demands for greater respect from minority groups such as pagans. So says a new book by Tiffany Jenkins, of...
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News in brief
IranDoubt? We can't have that"Western subjects" that are grounded in "materialism" corrupt the young, according to Iran's spiritual leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that subjects such as women's...
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Vietnam the first target for Seoul searchers
John Morgan reports from South Korea's capital on plans to establish an overseas campus
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Ontario institutions told to find and stick to niches
Universities in Ontario should abandon their efforts to do everything and adopt a "boutique" model focusing only on what they do best, according to a government advisory body.
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILResearch Seminars CompetitionFunding has been awarded to 41 groups under the ESRC's Research Seminars Competition for 2009-10. The scheme aims to bring together...
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Blogconfidential: Pontius Pilate I am not...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Pontius Pilate I am not...
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Appointments
University of NottinghamMartin BinksA one-time novelist with a flair for entrepreneurial thinking has been appointed dean of Nottingham University Business School. Martin Binks, who is also professor...
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Are we from Mars, from Venus, or all just human?
A series of debates aims to explore the big issues in gender-related research. Matthew Reisz reports
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Odds and quads
"Smugglerius", the cast of a flayed man or écorche, is still sometimes used to teach students at the Edinburgh College of Art.
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'Tribal' rites: HEA subject centres' decade of academic togetherness
On the eve of restructuring moves, scholars speak of the network's impact. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Excellence in the plural
We don't need any more world-class universities, says Rebecca Hughes; what we do need is greater diversity
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Show business that good graduates are well worth paying for
In a post-cuts landscape, David Docherty contends, the onus is on the academy to find ways to draw in vital corporate investment
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Truly supportive services
Institutions must focus closely on their duty of care for students with mental health difficulties, say Alastair Wilson and Richard Brunner