Research heavyweights deny ‘ganging up’
A new grouping of southeast institutions accounts for a third of EPSRC-funded work. Paul Jump reports
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Appointments - 30 May 2013
University of OxfordAndy OrchardThe next Rawlinson and Bosworth professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford, a post once held by Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, has described the...
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Lecturer with MS takes Surrey to industrial tribunal
A disabled lecturer whose current contract was more than halved two years after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis has taken his university to an industrial tribunal. George Mowat-Brown, 51, a...
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Research intelligence - Government's go-to agency for growth seeds scholarly field
Technology Strategy Board aims to yield economic harvest with sector's help. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Are you looking for trouble?
“A wonderful opportunity.” That was how Louise Bimpson, corporate director of our ever-expanding Human ߣߣƵ team, reacted to news that The Hub Events training organisation (motto “Fresh Ideas,...
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Warwick's industry turns profit from academic expertise
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links The University of Warwick is...
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Research Intelligence - Vim up North leaves the rest trailing
N8 is the poster group for research collaboration and academic links with industry, writes Paul Jump
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Research intelligence - British drive and German engineering
First UK Fraunhofer revs its engine as technology-hub model gains traction. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Awards and promotions
Cardiff UniversityRachel CowgillThe new head of the School of Music at Cardiff University said she was encouraged to learn that her appointment had the unanimous support of her colleagues. Rachel...
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Appointments - 15 August 2013
Cardiff UniversityRachel CowgillThe new head of the School of Music at Cardiff University said she was encouraged to learn that her appointment had the unanimous support of her colleagues. Rachel...
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Campus round-up
Cold comfortStudents interested in microbiology are set to benefit from an annual joint field trip module with the University of Akureyri, Iceland thanks to a British Council grant of nearly £60,000...
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Campus round-up - 12 September 2013
Source: Science Photo LibraryCold comfortStudents interested in microbiology are set to benefit from an annual joint field trip module with the University of Akureyri, Iceland thanks to a British...
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Green light for world’s biggest telescope
The world’s largest telescope is a step closer to being built after organisers gave the go-ahead to its plans at a meeting last week.
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Final Results of the Informal Seminar of Industry and Research Ministers
Brussels, 01 February 2002 The Spanish Presidency convened for the first time a joint Informal Seminar of Industry and Research Ministers, which took place in S’Agaró-Girona on 1-2 February 2002 At a...
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Chairman of ABS attacks STEM "tyranny"
The chairman of the Association of Business Schools has attacked the "misplaced tyranny" that science, technology, engineering and maths subjects have in policymaking circles and argued that...