Findings: Diabetic breakthrough
The first fully implantable biochip has been developed by Cambridge University scientists to monitor aspects of a person's metabolism from within their body. A prototype device to allow diabetics to...
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Findings: BBC missing one beast
With an average weight of 60g, it is small wonder that the BBC's Walking With Beasts overlooked the Paleocene's micromammals in favour of hulking mammoths, smilodons and giant sloths. Yet the 50...
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Investors attracted to Scots spin-offs
Scottish higher education spin-out companies have been pitching for more than £15 million at the fifth annual Connect investment conference, which plays matchmaker between new ventures and investors...
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One-stop ideas shop unveiled
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council will publicly launch a pioneering national website on research expertise at a knowledge-transfer conference later this month. Shefc is co-hosting the...
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Online language service wins prize
An online translating and interpreting service offered by Queen's University Belfast has scooped an award in the province that will take it to national finals in London later this month, writes Olga...
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On the move
Thomas Bingham , senior lord of appeal in ordinary, has been appointed high steward by the chancellor of the University of Oxford . The Scottish Executive has appointed: Noni Cobban , researcher in...
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Glittering prizes
Ted Davis , professor of experimental physics at the University of Leicester, has been made an honorary citizen of Nice . Mark Dyer , a senior circuit judge and honorary recorder of Bristol, has...
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In the news: Roger McClure
The Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education have at last announced the successor to their joint chief executive, John Sizer, who retires at the end of the year. The delay sparked...
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Mis-representation
The University of North London has a new students' union website showing photographs of happy students while the words "politics" and "representation" float around the screen. Very nice. Until you...
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Laureate lolly appeal
Queen's University, Belfast, has launched a £150 million fundraising campaign with a poem composed by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney, a Queen's alumnus and staff member. It has a recurring refrain of...
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All the King's men
The election of Graeme Catto as the president of the General Medical Council is a double victory for King's College, London. Professor Catto is vice-principal at King's and dean of the Guy's, King's...
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Loo fit for a sheik
If one can assess the quality of a restaurant's kitchen by examining the state of the toilets, then the service provided by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service must be amazing. Its...
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Fashion sense queried
Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, Wendy Alexander, has come under fire. Following her recent visit to scientific establishments in Finland, Tory MSP David Mundell questioned her...
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Collywobbles claim
According to Labour MP Barry Sheerman, chairman of the education and skills select committee, the Liberal Democrats all but forced the government to review its unpopular tuition fees and loans policy...
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New v-c hits right note
Deian Hopkin, South Bank University's new vice-chancellor, is portrayed as a colossus of cool on the university's website. It drools: "If anyone doubts his ability to communicate, they should go...