Robert Gordon University - Next of skin
A Scottish academic has helped to set out new rules for the treatment of patients with psoriasis after being inspired by her mother's 58-year battle with the disease. The guidelines will provide the...
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Swansea Metropolitan University - Repository's new role
A historic building in the centre of Swansea is to be transformed into a centre for sustainable design. The academic department will be housed in the former Swansea Central Library after plans...
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Sussex/Queen's Belfast - Solidarity no sweat down south
Brighton may not be everyone's idea of a holiday destination, but for a particular species of bee it is enough to encourage them to make more friends. Scientists at the University of Sussex, in...
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Canterbury Christ Church University - Beat goes on
Four music students are set to benefit from the continuation of a scholarship scheme started by the former drummer of punk rock group The Clash. A total of £4,000 will be awarded to drummers studying...
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University College Falmouth - Stage presence
A £19 million hub for the performing arts that will provide purpose-built facilities for students, professionals and the public has opened in Cornwall. The Performance Centre at University College...
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Newman University College, Birmingham - Fair play
A series of dinners bringing together figures from the worlds of sport, media and the public and private sectors will explore what it means to operate ethically in the 21st century. Newman University...
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University of Salford - Rebuilding exercise
A UK university is partnering an Iraqi institution to set up a centre for research in the built environment - with the aim of aiding the country's reconstruction. The University of Salford will help...
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University of Manchester - Non-stick, so tough
A Nobel prizewinning physicist has created a thinner, tougher version of polytetrafluoroethylene, better known by the brand name Teflon. Andre Geim shared the 2010 prize with his University of...
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Derby/Cambridge - Heavy balls
Cricket balls could easily bowl over a series of maidens, researchers have found. Biologists from the universities of Derby and Cambridge have discovered that the tuberous bushcricket has the largest...
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University of Birmingham - From Brum to Beijing
PhD scholarships have been announced as part of the University of Birmingham's moves to expand links with China. It has set up 18 scholarships for Chinese nationals to study in Birmingham and has...
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Odds and quads
This mosaic made of bread, titled Host, was originally put on display in Winchester Cathedral as part of this year's Hyde900 festival celebrating the 900th anniversary of the foundation of nearby...
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Market shifts mean a bleak future for business schools
Ashridge leader notes waning student appetite for academic programmes. Hannah Fearn reports
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We don't need a government push, just rational regulation, says v-c
Surrey's head hopes for light-touch policies that leave institutions with their autonomy intact, writes Simon Baker
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News in Brief
IndiaA date with the AmericansThe US and India will hold a higher education summit next year as the two nations strengthen links. The three-day summit, to be held in Mumbai in July, was announced by...
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Shared vision results only in difference and indifference
Academic claims that Bologna has become a 'mission impossible'. Hannah Fearn reports