Let's all enjoy more mouth-to-mouth prophecies
Remember the history student who proclaimed "the slave trade was one of those institutions that seems like a marvellous idea at the time"?What about the theology student who concluded that "mouth-to-...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesMedics' perks under scrutinyUS medical schools have drawn criticism for failing to police the money, gifts and samples given to doctors and trainees by pharmaceutical firms. American...
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A welcome vote of confidence
What will the freedom to produce hybrid embryos mean to stem-cell research? Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL AND THE ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILDetails of the ten joint AHRC/EPSRC collaborative research studentships made as part of the joint...
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Double vision
US-born fundraiser Liesl Elder joins her mentor at Edinburgh, eager to help direct its 'visionary' philanthropic campaign
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Appointments
Jonathan Seville has become dean of the University of Warwick's School of Engineering. The Midlands has been central to Professor Seville's career for many years: he began his engineering career in...
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A collective ambition that builds up to a critical mass
National research pools are winning Scotland an international reputation, writes Olga Wojtas
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Experience is everything
Paul Ramsden on the Higher Education Academy initiatives adding value to teaching practices and student learning
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Jumping through hoops on a white elephant: a survey signifying nothing
Shallow, costly, widely manipulated and methodologically worthless: ex-HEA director Lee Harvey on a 'laughable' National Student Survey
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Call for debate on the ethics of engineering new life forms
Scientists in synthetic biology need to engage with the public to define what is life, writes Zoe Corbyn
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Biologists rail against merger of expert bodies
Plans to merge the Institute of Biology with the Biosciences Federation - to create a "single powerful voice for British biology" - have raised concerns among biologists.Members of the institute say...
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Draft guidelines on research ethics are 'dangerous' for social policy
Academics say that proposed rules will harm core activities in the field. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Hourly paid staff launch joint case for unpaid work
Hourly paid staff at the University of Aberdeen have launched a collective grievance over their pay.Eight teaching assistants from the School of Social Sciences claim that the school has failed to...
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Military has £210m research stake claim
Campaigners say official data could underrate value to sector by five times, writes Zoe Corbyn
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143 students expelled for plagiarism
Survey finds institutions with less selective entry have higher offending rates, says Rebecca Attwood