Slit pupils allow colourful nights
If you have ever wondered why your cat's eyes have slit pupils rather than round ones, scientists may now have the answer. Researchers from Sweden have found that our feline companions have slit...
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Is there a doctor in the station house?
Criminals could soon find themselves collared by some of the brightest coppers in the land as new police training arrangements with universities herald the prospect of bobbies on the beat progressing...
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Russell Group heads league of the highest earning graduates
Prospective students should aim for a first-class degree from a Russell Group university to maximise their future earnings, according to new research, writes Tony Tysome. The study found that nearly...
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Virtual patients to train nurses
Research at the University of Central England promises to revolutionise the way nursing is taught in universities. Staff at the university's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Cetl) -...
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In for a penny
Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce was among those reading from some of Charles Dickens's most famous works in a re-enactment last week of the 'The Penny Readings', organised by the University of...
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UK told to expand provisionoverseas
British Council officials have warned UK universities that they will have to expand courses for overseas students delivered in their own countries if they are to fight off the rising global...
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Growth spurt for slow food
Italy's gastronomic sciences university will open a faculty of agro-ecology in which traditional methods of food production, particularly in developing countries, will be studied. The university was...
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Poll puts cash boost on hold for Canada
Billions of dollars for higher education promised by the Canadian Government is on hold pending the outcome of a federal election next month. The Liberal-led minority Government announced an extra C$...
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War on terror's fear dividend
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US, reports Geoff Maslen New and proposed anti-terrorism laws...
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'Sensitive' is new watchword in US
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US When a Stanford University researcher wrote a paper...
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Core crime law tenets set aside
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Canada defines terrorism more broadly than any other country...
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UK union leader fears legislation could spawn 'a 21st-century Stasi'
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Steve Wharton, the new president of Britain's Association of...
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'Security' act targets scholars
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US While Australia, Britain and Canada have recently enacted...
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Badly defined terms a big worry
Higher education unions meeting in Melbourne this month expressed concern over anti-terrorism laws in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US Australia's anti-terror laws could have "unintended...
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University is the Grinch that stole Christmas
Higher education offers barbed gifts - not just geographic but intellectual dislocation, admits Julian Baggini The traditional Christmas is under attack. But not, as the tabloids believe, by...