Appointments
University of BathConrad EarnestA professor of health and exercise has swapped the bayou for Bath. Conrad Earnest, who joined the University of Bath in April from the Pennington Biomedical Research...
University of BathConrad EarnestA professor of health and exercise has swapped the bayou for Bath. Conrad Earnest, who joined the University of Bath in April from the Pennington Biomedical Research...
The coalition's university reforms seem ill-conceived to Ireland's funding chief. Matthew Reisz reports
Brussels, 31 January 2002 EU Industry and Research ministers will meet for two days in Girona, Spain. During the first day, they will hold three debates together. On the second day they will meet...

Press a button and someone’s reputation dies, warns Felipe Fernández-Armesto
New principal emphasises importance of links with local industries. Hannah Fearn reports
At the time of writing, Shakespeare's Globe is staging his oeuvre in a variety of languages including King John in Armenian, Hamlet in Lithuanian and Troilus and Cressida in Maori. There is also a...
University of LincolnJohn DrakakisJohn Drakakis, the new visiting professor of English studies at the University of Lincoln, said he was "flattered" to be offered the role. Professor Drakakis, who is...
Academics and industrialists are joining together in a bid to make Scotland a European leader in commercialising research in science and technology. Both sectors have given broad support to a draft...
Talks on the future of the university system have got under way at the French education ministry, where all representative bodies, unions, committees and associations have been invited to help draw...
University of SheffieldHow richly sums have decked theeFestive mathematics students have created a formula for the perfectly decorated Christmas tree. Members of the University of Sheffield's maths...
Ken Pounds ponders whether the Mars Science Laboratory's success will revive public interest in going boldly where no one has gone before
Liverpool Hope UniversityFrank Cottrell BoyceThe newly appointed professor of reading and communication at Liverpool Hope University joked that his first thought when he was offered the job was: "...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has deferred until the end of March more decisions on which areas of mathematics and physical sciences will grow or shrink.

Canada seeks long-term relationship with growing higher education superpower. Jon Marcus reports
Undergraduate retentionLet them know they're not aloneCreating "a culture of belonging" within universities is the key to improving student retention, a study has indicated. The recommendation was...