University of Aberdeen - Premature expectation
Women born prematurely or who have siblings who were born early are more at risk of having a pre-term baby themselves, Scottish scientists have found. A study carried out at the University of...
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University of Derby - Well-designed degrees
The Chartered Society of Designers has launched the first degree-accreditation programme in its 80-year history. The University of Derby's architectural venue design degree is the first course to be...
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University of Abertay Dundee - Game on
Young computer-game developers can fast-track their careers by securing one of a few free places on a unique postgraduate course. The master's in professional practice in computer games development...
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Underground music
Decades may have passed and the Florida Rooms evolved from a music venue to a Sea Life Centre, but Roger Daltrey still has fond memories of the gigs he performed at the Brighton nightspot in the...
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SNP moots turning four into three
Minister canvasses principals on cutting a year from the traditional Scots degree. Hannah Fearn reports
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Europeans the most keen to make rankings noise
European universities are most likely to publicise their global rankings, while North American institutions are more reticent.That is one finding from a research project undertaken by the World 100...
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Fashionably late
Arthur Louis explains his post-retirement decision to retrain as a nurse, and says age hasn't hindered him a bit
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The week in higher education
Some saw Vince Cable's attack on vice-chancellors pay as a diversionary tactic to draw attention away from the latest round of higher education budget cuts. The business secretary said he was "taken...
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Comparability of standards impossible and wrong, Hepi says
Report calls for degree-classification system to be phased out, writes Rebecca Attwood
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UCU set for 'greatest industrial dispute' over job security and pensions
The University and College Union has taken a step towards national strike action over job security - and is also threatening to launch the "greatest industrial dispute" ever in higher education if...
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Historians aim to change the future
A web project may help to shake up the academy and academic publishing. Paul Jump reports
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UK influence abroad at risk from lack of overseas study
Call for international education to be made more attractive to British students, writes Hannah Fearn
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Rising wave of permanent contracts welcomed
The proportion of academic staff on fixed-term contracts has fallen by 8 percentage points in the past five years, according to official figures.The biggest change is among research-only staff,...
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Protest resignations over journal editor's sacking
Medical Hypotheses loses half of editorial board; publisher seeks successors. Hannah Fearn reports
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UCU to 'greylist' those who opt for local pay deals
Rising numbers of vice-chancellors want to pull out of national bargaining in a bid to "drive down pay and conditions", the University and College Union's conference in Manchester heard this week.The...