University of Aberdeen - Time to man up
Women living in countries with poor public health are attracted to masculine men, according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen. The team investigated the biological theory that women...
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Aberystwyth/Royal College of Art - Truth will out
The "lie detector of the future" is being exhibited by researchers from Aberystwyth University and designers from the Royal College of Art. The institutions worked together to develop "passive-...
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Lancaster University - Bucking the trend
A management school is creating more than two dozen academic posts despite the retrenchment affecting the sector. Thirty professors, senior lecturers and lecturers will be appointed across...
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University of Leicester - Loving your work
An award scheme to celebrate good teaching has been launched by students. The "I Love my Academic" award scheme, launched by the University of Leicester Students' Union, will recognise "innovation,...
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University of York - Baby, you've got rhythm
New research shows that babies are "born to dance". Researchers at the University of York have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech....
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Blog confidential: Racist relations
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
City University LondonPaul CurranPaul Curran, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University, has lauded the "can-do collegiality" of City University London after being named its next head. A former Nasa...
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Imperial is criticised as Kent campus lies empty
Locals call for academic use of Wye site as private university initiative stalls. Melanie Newman writes
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Odds and quads
These remarkable examples of "medical folk art" date back to 1908, when a student doctor was waiting to be called to deliver a baby at Guy's Hospital in London.With nothing else to do, the student,...
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Data disprove case for distributing research funds on historical basis
Allocations should be on merit rather than past group performance, says Hepi. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPapers trail leads to freshmanA student who worked in the archives of Drew University in New Jersey has been accused of stealing letters written by Abraham Lincoln. William John Scott...
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The hopes and fears for an Indian revolution
Foreign education providers bill begins its journey towards the statute book. John Morgan reports
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Give ERC a bigger slice of the cake, report advises
More funding should be channelled to the European Research Council (ERC) and its remit should be widened to include support for PhD students, Universities UK has said.The vice-chancellors' group made...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme produces independent research information on the effectiveness, costs and impact of healthcare treatments and...
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Reading between the lines
As well as nurturing her writing, novelist Rebecca Connell believes, her university experience gave her self-belief