Drive to ban 'primitive' names sparks debate
Stuart Blackman reports on dissent over academic support for pressure group Many people will not think twice about applying the descriptions "native", "indigenous" or "tribal" to certain groups of...
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Call for funding to match rise in overseas students
The UK's continued success in attracting students from overseas this week prompted warnings from two leading higher education opinion formers. The number of students from outside Europe enrolling in...
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Warwick on whiplash
Researchers at Warwick University have been awarded more than £5 million from the National Health Service for clinical trials in cancer and emergency care. The Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials...
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OU wins fellowships
Researchers at the Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research have won two of three Aurora Fellowships sponsored by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research...
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Bid to revolutionise MRI
Scientists at Aberdeen University have won £2.5 million to create a scanner with the potential to revolutionise magnetic resonance imaging, some 25 years after the university became the first to scan...
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'Bioactive glass' bones
Kent University's Functional Materials Group has received £266,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop new forms of "bioactive glass" that can be used to promote...
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£60K for diabetes study
Swansea University has won two grants worth more than £60,000 from Diabetes UK and the Welsh Assembly's Office for Research and Development for Health and Social Care to investigate the effects of...
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Protection by Cranfield
Cranfield University has received £50,000 from international aerospace giant Lockheed Martin for research into new armour to protect troops and vehicles from the type of explosives used in Iraq and...
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Correction
Last week we reported that a new sports science building had opened at Plymouth University. The Spinnaker Building is, in fact, at Portsmouth University.
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Stars raise debt profile
Celebrity pop stars such as Bob Geldof and U2's Bono are being increasingly accepted as world authorities on complex causes such as debt relief in Africa and accorded the respect of international...
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Wise up with barn owls
Barn owls could become a familiar sight once again in the UK with the help of experts at York University. Research led by Nick Askew in the university's department of biology, and supported by the...
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Sweet dreams of home
Britons have only modest and realistic aspirations, according to the first UK-based comprehensive research into dreams. The National Lottery Dream Study, conducted by Don Slater at the London School...
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Clarity in a mite of mud
Tiny mites fossilised in mud at the bottom of a sacred Peruvian lake have helped to develop our understanding of the rise and fall of the ancient Inca empire. The numbers of mites found in mud cores...
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Prevent plagiarism
Student union leaders have called on institutions to review their sometimes "crude and unacceptable" attempts to tackle the growing problem of plagiarism in higher education. Motions submitted to the...
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Correction
We incorrectly included a pension contribution of £22,965 in the salary of the vice-chancellor of Queen's University Belfast in the table headed "Vice-chancellors' pay 2005-06" (February 23).