University of Salford - Screen debut
The contract for a UK-wide blood-vessel screening programme to be offered to all men over the age of 65 has been awarded to the University of Salford. The NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening...
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University of Bristol - Water weight
A team of scientists has produced the first reliable estimate of water flow between the Amazon and its flood plains. While earlier researchers relied on occasional field trips to the vast area, the...
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University of Brighton - Cash for design archive
For the first time, a university's design archives have been nationally recognised through a grant from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Housed in the University of Brighton's...
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University of Plymouth - Rolling work experience
The University of Plymouth has announced plans for its degrees in business and management to incorporate a rolling programme of work experience at every stage. Instead of a six- or 12-month block of...
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University of Hertfordshire - Born to hand-jive, baby
A psychology lecturer has become the lord of the dance at the Edinburgh Festival with a show based on his academic research. Peter Lovatt's performance, Dance, Doctor, Dance!, is based on his work at...
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Home is where the past is
Archaeologists have uncovered the UK's earliest surviving house. The researchers, from the universities of Manchester and York, believe that the 3.5m diameter circular structure near Scarborough in...
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News in brief
ߣߣÊÓƵA vote for higher feesStudent fees could rise by 10 per cent in the first year of deregulation if ߣߣÊÓƵ's right-of-centre coalition wins this week's general election. Andrew Norton,...
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New French revolution: liberté, inégalité et autonomie
Freedoms could result in more businesslike leaders in the academy, but how will staff fare? Hannah Fearn reports
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The week in higher education
- An interview with Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary, sparked numerous letters to The Guardian on 10 August. One reader said: "I know it is Guardian policy to give Lib Dems, and...
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Struggling colleges reach for BPP life raft in a bid to stay afloat
Chief executive 'interested' in running excellent departments closed by cuts. Simon Baker reports
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Share value? Plans to aid creation of HE plc
The coalition government is believed to be considering new legislation that could lead to publicly funded universities being owned by shareholders
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Scholars reject further debate with ideologues
The Spirit Level authors decide to respond only to peer-reviewed criticism, writes Paul Jump
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Less pay, but no loss of prestige for academics
Their salaries may have declined, but academics still wield social influence. Matthew Reisz reports
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Harvard best university for eighth year running
Harvard University has topped an annual world university ranking compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University for the eighth year in a row.The league table is once again dominated by US institutions,...
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The art of joy in short supply at creative colleges, NSS shows
Buckingham tops the table in the annual student satisfaction survey. Hannah Fearn reports