Anglia Ruskin University - Racial appeal thrown out
A student nurse's allegation that Anglia Ruskin University helped the Royal College of Nursing to discriminate against her has been thrown out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The nurse, Mrs...
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University of Nottingham - Power centre opens in China
A Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies has been opened by the University of Nottingham at its campus in Ningbo, China. The project, a collaboration between the UK and China, focuses on new and...
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University of Reading - Artificial intelligence tested
Will a machine be able to fool judges into thinking it is human? That is the question that will be posed at the University of Reading on 12 October when it hosts this year's Loebner Prize for...
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University of York - A North-South chemical divide
A "Chemical equator" divides the polluted air of the Northern Hemisphere from the much cleaner atmosphere of the Southern Hemisphere, researchers at the University of York have discovered. They found...
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Kingston University - Creatives to get business savvy
A new course at Kingston University aims to bridge the gap between "creatives" and "suits" in the advertising industry. The MA Creative Economy course is designed to help creatives understand what...
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Royal College of Art - Life before Starbucks
Viennese coffeehouses at the turn of the last century are the focus of a festival and conference to be staged by the Royal College of Art. The Vienna Cafe Festival and conference, beginning this week...
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University of Manchester - £5m grant for nuclear research
British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has given the University of Manchester £5 million to develop its nuclear research programme and expand its training programmes for nuclear engineers. Under the endowment...
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Bangor University - Brain study to use new method
A pioneering approach is to be applied to a study of the way in which the human mind draws meaning from the world at Bangor University. Guillaume Thierry, deputy head of the school of psychology,...
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Back on track
Geoffrey Alderman has found a way of letting off steam now that he is semi-retired.The professor of politics and contemporary history at the University of Buckingham is learning to drive a steam...
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Overseas briefing
IndiaUniversity offers legal aidAn Indian university has pledged to provide legal aid to two students accused of involvement in a series of bomb attacks in Delhi last month. The Jamia Millia Islamia...
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Institutions join effort to give women a rich return
Business school partners will tailor management courses for developing world, writes Hannah Fearn
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Psychologists vote to end role in interrogations
The role of US psychologists in helping to interrogate detainees at Guantanamo Bay and at CIA "black sites" overseas may be at an end after members of the profession voted against the practice.The...
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Reich and wrong
Richard Evans, Cambridge's new Regius professor of modern history, finds much to be optimistic about in his discipline
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Appointments
Quentin Skinner will join Queen Mary, University of London, this month as Barber Beaumont professor of humanities. Professor Skinner, who has served as distinguished visiting professor at Queen Mary...
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Business links 'must be more than supply and demand'
CIHE report urges HE to focus on strengths when partnering with industry, writes Hannah Fearn