Aston University - Secrets found in text messages
Murderers and terrorists can be unmasked by the way they write documents and text messages, an academic told the British Association for the Advancement of Science festival last week. Tim Grant,...
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University of Portsmouth/King's College - Toothsome training
A £9 million dental outreach centre, which will train 80 dental students a year, will open in 2010. The centre is a partnership between the University of Portsmouth and King's College London's Dental...
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Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts - Saturday workshops take off
Schools around the country will be able to run Saturday workshops in the performing arts under a new franchising operation from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. The institute said this...
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University of Glasgow - Engineers give archaeology a shot
Archaeologists have enlisted engineers to help them resolve unanswered questions about the 1746 Battle of Culloden. Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University...
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University of Warwick/Nottingham - Early birth affects behaviour
Very premature children are four times more likely to have behavioural disorders compared with their peers, researchers have found. The group, from the universities of Warwick and Nottingham, found...
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Coventry University - Blueprints unveiled
Designs for two new buildings at Coventry University went on show to the public at a city council meeting last week. The new engineering and computing building and the Student Enterprise Centre are...
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University of Ulster - Safer wasp etiquette advised
A public-health biologist is alerting the public to the dangers of wasp stings and warning that the recent bad weather is no reason to let your guard down. Sue McBean of the University of Ulster's...
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Purls of wisdom and contentment
Could knitting help stave off depression and dementia and give those who do it the serenity of Buddhist monks? There is strong anecdotal evidence of the benefits of knitting, but psychologists at...
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Mind games
Paralympic coach Ross Hall explains the psychological side of wheelchair rugby - known as 'murderball' - to Olga Wojtas
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Appointments
The University of Cambridge's Keith Straughan has opted for a move away from the traditional higher education system in favour of working in the new University Centre in Milton Keynes (UCMK) - a...
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New thoughts on dark deeds
MASTERING MODERN GERMAN HISTORY 1864-1990Author: John TraynorEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 392Price: £16.99ISBN 9780333987100John Traynor has managed the difficult feat of...
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History round-up
Empires and ColoniesAuthor: Jonathan HartEdition: FirstPublisher: PolityPages: 384Price: £55.00 and £18.99ISBN 9780745626130 and 6147Hart, professor of English, comparative literature and history at...
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Literature round-up
ExcursionsAuthor: Henry D. ThoreauEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 672Price: £38.95ISBN 9780691064505This presents newly edited texts of nine essays - including some of...
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Literature round-up
Scott's Shadow: The Novel in Romantic EdinburghAuthor: Ian DuncanEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 416Price: £23.95ISBN 9780691043838A compelling account of Scottish fiction...
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Hefce's shift of access funds will put a hole in budgets
V-c says move that could cost institutions dear is akin to rearranging deckchairs, says Rebecca Attwood