Academe is key to competitive economy
White Paper charges universities with an even bigger role in sparking and developing innovation for the good of the wider economy. John Gill reports
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Government gives adult skills training and GCSE teaching a £60m boost
The Government has committed an extra £60 million to adult skills training in its 2008 Budget.It said the extra investment would "provide new opportunities for people to realise their talents, offer...
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Reader may sue despite settlement
Academic who signed agreement can still take action against Essex. Melanie Newman writes
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University of Bradford - City 'learning quarter' proposed
Plans have been launched by the University of Bradford in conjunction with Bradford College to create a £750 million "learning quarter" in the city, including new student accommodation, shops, public...
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University of Hertfordshire - Bus fleet expands to 80
The bus company owned by the University of Hertfordshire, Uno, is to take over the St Albans operation of a major Midlands bus company. Uno has acquired 22 buses from Centrebus, thereby expanding its...
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Manchester and Sheffield - Scientists want to help society
Scientists talk to the public out of a positive sense of civic responsibility, according to new research published in the journal Science Communication.Researchers at the universities of Manchester...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Postgrad medical centre opens
A postgraduate Medical Institute has been launched at Anglia Ruskin University. The institute, led by medical academics in partnership with 11 NHS trusts from around the east of England, is intended...
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University of East Anglia - Help in honing thinking skills
New research into the social bookmarking site del.icio.us has been launched at the University of East Anglia. The project will encourage undergraduates to use the site to improve their research and...
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London School of Economics - Gulf research project launched
A ten-year multidisciplinary global programme will examine challenges facing resource-rich economies and trade relations between the Gulf states. The Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and...
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York St John University - Bahrain link students accredited
Academics at York St John University are helping researchers at the University of Bahrain become better teachers. York St John lecturers have been flying to Bahrain three times a year to deliver...
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University of Hull - Letters gifted to Larkin archive
Thousands of letters written by the poet Philip Larkin have been deposited at the University of Hull's archives by his niece. The letters, sent to his mother and close relations, have never been seen...
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North East Wales Institute of HE - Radio station goes 24 hour
Wales's only university-based community radio station is now broadcasting around the clock. Calon FM at North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), which was last year awarded a five-year...
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City University London - City academy gets go-ahead
Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, has signed a funding agreement for a new City of London academy. It gives the go-ahead for Islington Green School to be redeveloped to create the City of London...
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University of Leicester - The big dipper
The first-ever advert broadcast into space will be made with the help of the University of Leicester. The advert for Doritos corn chips, currently the subject of a public competition, will be...
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Imperial College London - Women ambassadors appointed
Female members of staff at a research-intensive university are being offered support from three new "faculty ambassadors". Imperial College London's Academic Opportunities Committee, which aims to...