Denmark in denial?
Scandinavia is not as tolerant of queer studies as UK academics might believe, according to participants at a recent University College London debate. While Sweden has thriving queer and gender...
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Meal with momentum
Students at Warwick University have developed a racing car that you can grow. Not only does Eco One run on biofuels but its shell is made from hemp, the tyres from potatoes and the brake pads from...
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Fickleness of fashion
Fashion trends come and go at a predictable rate, according to research by Durham University academics. The study found that lists of new things such as baby names change steadily, with a small...
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Unhygienic root of HIV
Unhygienic circumcision procedures are a cause of HIV infection among African adolescents, according to research by Stuart Brody, professor of psychology at Paisley University.
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New v-c for Kent
Julia Goodfellow, the chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Kent University. She will take up her...
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UK must 'wake up' to Bologna benefits
The next steps towards a European higher education area present serious challenges. Anthea Lipsett reports. When London hosts the 2007 Bologna summit next month it should help bring the vision of a...
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Literary line-up
Louis de Bernieres, Iain Banks, David Lodge, Lionel Shriver and Deborah Moggach are five of the top literary names on the bill at Aberdeen University's Word Festival on May 11-13. They will be joined...
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Blix set for Cambridge
Former Iraq weapons inspector Hans Blix is due to receive an honorary doctor of law from Cambridge University in June. The university will also award honorary degrees to Baroness O'Neill, philosopher...
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A prize to count on
Paul Fearnhead of the department of mathematics and statistics at Lancaster University has won this year's Adams Prize. It is awarded by Cambridge University's faculty of mathematics and St John's...
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NUS re-elects Tumelty
Gemma Tumelty has been re-elected president of the National Union of Students. She won the votes of more than two thirds of delegates at last week's NUS annual conference in Blackpool. She will serve...
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Glam it up, Salford
Glam rock as a module option? Marc Bolan as a research topic? Unlikely as it sounds, visiting professor Philip Auslander is about to share his expert knowledge of the 1970s popular music scene with...
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New chief for science
Peter Warry, former chairman of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, is to be chairman of the new Science and Technology Facilities Council that launched on April 1. The STFC brings...
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'To some extent we've given up being Israelis'
The Israeli history professor and peace activist who wants to see a European centre for Palestinian studies at Exeter is no stranger to controversy. Melanie Newman reports A controversial Israeli...
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Two years on, another country, another storm
Two years ago this month, Ilan Pappé found himself at the centre of an international storm over the academic boycott of Israel. His appointment at Exeter University now looks set to put him in the...
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Kent biometrics boost
Kent University's department of electronics has set up the United Kingdom Biometrics Institute. The institute is supported by Kent Enterprise and aims to enhance the exchange of knowledge and...