Edge Hill University - Excellence centre's green edge
The green credentials of one of the country's newest universities have received a boost. Edge Hill University's Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning has won the Royal Institution of...
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Teesside University - New name, new look
The University of Teesside has rebranded itself, changing its name to Teesside University and unveiling a new logo. Graham Henderson, vice-chancellor of the university, said the new name marked the...
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University of Lincoln - Pet subject
Do you own a cantankerous cat, a disruptive dog or another troublesome animal companion? The University of Lincoln wants to help. It has launched an MSc in clinical animal behaviour to develop skills...
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Flowering talent
Paintings from the National Gallery have sprung out of the frame and into life, thanks to Wimbledon College of Art.Students from the college have designed costumes inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's...
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Overseas briefing
United States'White African-American' suesA student who classified himself as "white African-American" during a class exercise is suing a New Jersey medical school for racial discrimination. Paulo...
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Physicists collide with Austria over Cern pullout
Global campaign seeks reversal of decision that may threaten organisation. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Framework 7 paralysed by red tape and distrust
The European Union's multibillion-euro research initiative, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), is paralysed by red tape and a "paradigm change" in its regulation is needed.This is...
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A smoother polar passage
A new body aims to help UK researchers navigate the pitfalls encountered when working in the Arctic, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Grant winners
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe MRC is providing about £7 million to establish three regional hubs that will give UK researchers access to high-throughput DNA sequencing machines. The cutting-edge...
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Hubs of 21st-century life
Santiago Iñiguez outlines the ways in which universities must move to adapt to a changing world
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Uncle Sam can teach us a thing or two about unfair student finance
Funding trends have crossed the Atlantic, but the UK should learn from, not slavishly repeat, America's mistakes, says Donald E. Heller
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Think-tank doublethink
Policy Exchange wants to inflict a bankrupt ideology on London's students and communities, argues Cliff Snaith
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The week in higher education
"Poet quits over Bard example" punned The Sun, as it reported that Derek Walcott had withdrawn from the race to become the University of Oxford professor of poetry. The Nobel prizewinner pulled out...
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Peer review teeters as experts struggle with burden of work
System threatened because academics lack time to assess research grant proposals. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Fine-tuned data show UK challenging US as the top overseas draw
Britain is hot on America's heels when student nationality is considered. John Gill reports