Sheffield-OU tie-up
Sheffield University is offering a new route to a chemistry or physics degree, with students studying part-time for two years with the Open University, followed by two years full-time with Sheffield...
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Gold for York chemists
York University's chemistry department has been given a gold Swan award for excellence in recruiting female scientists, engineers and technologists and advancing their careers - the first department...
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Call to heal rift between science and religions
BA's Festival of Science hears attack on preconceptions fuelled by post-9/11 extremism. Louise Sutton writes One of the hot tickets at this year's Festival of Science was the debate on whether...
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Pensions could fund study - Lib Dems
People could pay for higher education courses by raiding their pension funds under a new Liberal Democrat concept. Speaking before the party's annual conference in Brighton next week, Sarah Teather,...
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Protest lodged over 'punished' academic
A body representing US academics has protested against a university's treatment of a controversial lecturer. The American Association of University Professors wrote to the president of DePaul...
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Shun stocks, China's universities told
The Chinese Government has warned universities against investing in shares and bonds despite rises in the country's stock markets. The Chinese national news agency Xinhua said that universities had...
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Sharp Rise in bipolar disorder diagnosis
The number of children treated in US psychiatric hospitals for bipolar disorder has risen sixfold between 1996 and 2004, a report reveals. The study by researchers at Stony Brook University Medical...
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Graduate student flow to the us slows
The number of overseas students admitted to US graduate schools rose 8 per cent in 2007 compared with 2006, but the rate of increase slowed from 12 per cent last year, according to a study by the...
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Fewer librarians, more nurses, please
Sweden will have too many graduates qualified as journalists, scientists and secondary school teachers and a shortage of dentists, doctors and pre-school teachers unless the balance of places on...
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Call for european phd funding parity
A universities body is calling for funding for doctoral candidates at universities across Europe to be improved so they can live and work in decent conditions. A report from the European Universities...
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What women (and men) really want...
An age-old dating rule has been found to ring true. Men make a beeline for good-looking women while women are attracted to wealthy men, according to a team composed of researchers at Indiana...
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As old crew quit, it's not all smooth sailing
To fill gaps left by retiring faculty, US institutions are taking on greater numbers of foreign lecturers and cheaper part-time and contract staff, but they are still having difficulty filling places...
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The fanaticism of denial that must be exposed
Scientists must engage more with the public or the HIV/Aids deniers will gain credibility, argues Tara Smith. There is no Aids epidemic in Africa. HIV doesn't exist. People are dying because...
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Universities torn between two masters
Trying to serve students and society puts academe under unbearable strain, says Martin Mills
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The best-laid plans...
Celebrations at York University over getting the go-ahead to double the size of its campus after a year-long public inquiry narrowly escaped being short lived, it has emerged. The decision letter...