Carol Dezateux is excited at the prospect of heading a new MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health Carol Dezateux became interested in epidemiology through her research into the impact of viral...
* Chris Gale , head of undergraduate studies at the Law School at Leeds Metropolitan University, has been appointed professor and founding director of legal studies at the newly formed Bradford...
Academics say that interdisciplinary research, early-career staff and the UK's reputation will suffer in RAE 2008. Anthea Lipsett reports Academics have voiced concerns that the switch to four new...
Traditional degree classifications would be replaced with a three-point scale awarding the majority of students a basic pass or a fail and bestowing a distinction on a handful under proposals put out...
Leading universities are developing more forthright policies on public discussion of their animal research amid pressure from the police to face up to animal-rights extremists. Some institutions...
Frontiers An MRC special on research careers in infectious diseases Plus: World rankings in science and engineering
A student union president faced a disciplinary hearing this week after refusing to cancel a public debate featuring a controversial Islamic group. Middlesex University confirmed that Keith Shilson...
University College London has been granted the right to award its own taught and research degrees in a move that will be seen as a step closer to independence from the University of London. However,...
Peter Black, Welsh Liberal Democrat education spokesman, has called on Welsh universities to help eradicate bullying after The Times Higher exposed the extent of the problem. He said: "The figures...
Bursaries of £10,000 will be offered to support two students at Goldsmiths, University of London. The New Cross Awards commemorate the lives of 14 young black people who died in the New Cross fire of...
Lincoln University has secured £30 million to finish its campus at Brayford Pool in the next five years as the result of a refinancing deal announced this week. Lincoln transferred its student...
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced a £30 million cash boost to 31 museums and galleries in England's universities. Museums such as the Women's Library at London Metropolitan...
The second-placed institution in last week's student satisfaction table was wrongly identified as St Mary's College, Twickenham. The score should have been attributed to St Mary's University College...
Moving jobs between old and new universities is about to become more difficult as pension schemes diverge further. The problem is set to get worse as a result of the Pensions and Finance Acts coming...
Cambridge University has married academic know-how with business nous in its bid to raise £1 billion by 2012. William Brown, master of Darwin College, Cambridge University, is among the people who...