Children with the obesity gene FTO are more likely to choose fattening foods than those who are not carriers, according to a study from several institutions. Peter Watt, head of research in sport and...
ChinaA most inventive nationChina is set to patent more inventions than any other nation by 2012 if current trends continue. In the 20 years after the country's Patent Law took effect in 1985, China...
Self-styled 'crusaders' find a receptive audience for illegal copies of textbooks. Jon Marcus reports
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTThe Leverhulme Trustees have announced the results of the 2008 competition for Philip Leverhulme Prizes. These prizes, with a value of £70,000 each, are awarded to young scholars...
Globetrotting lecturer Alice Edwards has won a major prize for her research into legal responses to violence against women
Jonathan Breckon has joined the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as director of policy and public affairs. Having previously headed up the policy and public affairs team at the Royal...
Olga Wojtas meets an engineering lecturer who has doubled as a volunteer lifeboatman for 20 years
John Gill on the New Year's awards recognising work in leadership, policy, research and industry links
Misconduct allegations against a senior academic whose fitness to practise was called into question after a marking row at De Montfort University have been thrown out.The disciplinary procedures...
David Willetts wants a debate on the evolutionary role of co-operation. Melanie Newman reports
UUK says mobility requirements can force female scientists to quit careers for family. John Gill writes
Although less well known than its namesake in Cambridge, the chapel of King's College London is a Grade I listed building designed by the eminent Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott.It was...
Rebecca Attwood hears about student union campaigns that have scored notable successes
Next week, the Treasury will be told the full extent of a multimillion-pound deficit that universities claim has been caused by its moving the goalposts. The University Grants Committee (UGC) has...
ScotlandTime to talk about top-up feesTop-up fees could be about to become an attractive idea for Scotland, according to one of the country's education chiefs. David Caldwell, director of...