Institute of Education - Target culture under fire
The Government's plans for a holistic approach to children's education could fail if it becomes too mired in targets, according to a new study from the Institute of Education. It criticises the...
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Royal Holloway, University of London - Out of the minds of babes
Experiments to study cognition in babies have kicked off at the Royal Holloway Baby Lab, which has been set up to look at the development of abilities such as memory and thinking. Jeanne Shinskey is...
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University of Leeds - A little help for m'learned friends
Lawyers who feel a little confused when it comes to the latest in DNA evidence should beat a path to the University of Leeds, where a new course aims to provide them with the latest information....
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Loughborough University - Regeneration gain
With a current chronic shortage of organ donors boosting demand for new therapies involving the repair or replacement of cells, tissues or organs, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
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University of Nottingham - 10,000 hits for campus cops
More than 10,000 hits have been recorded for an online video clip showing MA student Rizwaan Sabir being arrested by police on the campus of the University of Nottingham in 2007 while on a...
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University of Sheffield - Cum laude at last
Nearly six decades after completing his studies at the University of Sheffield, a medical graduate has finally been presented with his degree certificate. Peter Lee, now 82, was unable to attend his...
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US faculty lodge complaint over six-day teaching plan
New Jersey budget cuts force new rigid office hours and Saturday classes. Jon Marcus reports
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LJMU severs ties with Malaysian nursing school
Liverpool John Moores University says it was forced to pull out of a tie-up with a Malaysian college after learning that it was not officially accredited.The university went into partnership with...
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Excellence must begin at home
Chasing world rankings reduces focus on institutions' local responsibilities, says IAU chief. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
JapanDegree standards may be risingThe university graduation rate in Japan fell to 84.6 per cent in the last fiscal year, according to a survey of 500 universities by Japanese newspaper Yomiuri...
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Promised land proffers cash
UK/Israeli link-ups to get funding from two states' governments and pro-Israel charities. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: P. SawyerInstitution: Lancaster UniversityValue: £252,245Making tacit knowledge in requirements explicitAward winner: C. J....
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Safer tomorrow
Science tsar Sir Keith O'Nions is to head a new Imperial College centre for security technologies, reports Zoe Corbyn
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Appointments
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, has appointed Colin Shindler as the first professor of Israeli studies in the UK. After joining Soas in 1998, Dr Shindler built up...
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Islam's unheard voices
It is time for the West to listen and learn from Muslim moderates and radicals alike, insists Cynthia Keppley Mahmood