Cancer researcher Ian Tomlinson has beaten celebrity competition to win a coveted European accolade It is not every day that a scientist takes on Harry Potter and wins. But Ian Tomlinson, a...
* Kingston University has appointed Mary Stuart , professor and pro vice-chancellor at Sussex University, as deputy vice-chancellor. * Steven Myint , former editor-in-chief of the Journal of...
A report on Universities UK is critical of its attempts to 'suppress' differences of opinion among members, say Paul Hill and Anna Fazackerley Independent consultants have been brought in to assess...
Academics at University College London have been angered by a management memo telling them they are expected to gain at least a 3* rating in the next research assessment exercise, writes Jessica...
Academics are signing up for voluntary work in their droves as universities lead the way on corporate responsibility, according to a higher education management expert, writes Jessica Shepherd. Sir...
Bangor University plans to forge a "unique" research alliance with Aberystwyth University in an ambitious drive to join the Russell Group of top institutions. In what appears to be the latest...
ARMED WITH CHUTZPAH Norman Finkelstein's accusations against law professor Alan Dershowitz risk the academic equivalent of a nuclear war
The whistleblower who raised the alarm about the probity of his research unit's conduct of a study carried out with the pharmaceutical company Procter & Gamble warned the editor of a...
The new president of the Royal Society this week faced a stinging attack by more than 40 fellows as the row over free online publication of research results came to a head. A string of big-name...
Northumbria University was praised this week for stumping up £5,000 to help restore a landmark church clock. The chiming clock at Christ Church, in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle, boasts a...
Neil Sorrell, a music lecturer at York University, has broken new ground by writing a composition solely for glass vessels - wine glasses, a vacuum flask, test tubes and other laboratory containers....
Academics stand to benefit from a £5 million deal signed by intellectual property firm IP2IPO and Bristol University to market research ideas. The 25-year contract is the latest in a series of...
Downing Street and senior ministers have "reneged" on a promise to give post-92 universities the lion's share of funding for applied research and knowledge-transfer work, it was claimed this week....
Academics' pension contributions will remain unchanged after the latest official valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme reported that the fund was £5 billion in surplus. Employers will...
Hundreds of technical support staff at Manchester University are threatening to strike over pay disparity between those employed formerly by the University of Manchester Institute of Science and...