A four-square defence
The conference "Intellect and Democracy" held in Edinburgh last month was University and College Union Scotland's contribution to kick-starting a discussion about the future of Scotland's...
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The Open University/College of Law - Partnership enters second decade
A ten-year collaboration between The Open University and the College of Law has been sealed for another decade. Initiated in 1997, the partnership has become the largest provider of taught law-degree...
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Imperial College London - Science postgrads are class act
A scheme that encourages science postgraduates to become schoolteachers is being expanded with funding from the Foyle Foundation. Imperial College London's Inspire programme, which combines a...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - London link to Obama favourite
Barack Obama's favourite CD was produced by a UK academic. Borders Books recently revealed the US President-elect's selection of "top-five favourites", consisting of four books and a musical album,...
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University of Exeter - Keep fit to cut cravings
It takes just 15 minutes of exercise to reduce cravings for food or drugs, according to researchers from the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Exeter. Exercise has already been...
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Artistic leap
Students from the University of Sheffield's theatre workshop performed a play by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah, part of the United Arab Emirates. The...
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Fast growth has harmed quality right across Africa
World Bank says recent expansion has come at a cost of poor teaching and research, writes John Gill
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US states asked to act against 'accreditation mills'
Efforts are being made to crack down on "degree mills" that flood the US with fake degrees.The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has written to the governors and attorneys-general of...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPeru to sue Yale over artefactsThe Government of Peru has indicated that it will sue Yale University in an attempt to recover thousands of Inca relics excavated by a US explorer almost a...
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UK collects jackpot from ERC
British-based academics beat continental rivals but low number of female winners worries funders. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILThe European Research Council has announced the winners of its advanced grants in interdisciplinary research; 13 per cent of the call was set aside for this area. The awards...
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Star of Africa
Enock Matovu's groundbreaking research into sleeping sickness is helping to save lives and winning him honours
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Appointments
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at Lancaster University has appointed Michael Kraetke as its director. Currently professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam, Professor...
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Late bloomer makes a splash digging up tales of our past
A prizewinning historian began her academic career aged 40, and she's never looked back. Olga Wojtas reports
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Carlton Books launches four-volume series: The Second World War Experience
Following the spectacular international sales successes of The D-Day and Victory in Europe Experiences, Carlton Books is launching the biggest publishing venture in its history: The Second World War...