Prize properties
Aberdeen University's Patric Hendershott, chair in property economics and finance, has won the David Ricardo Medal from the American Real Estate Society for his body of research, spanning two decades...
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Power booster
Sir Alan Sugar, chairman of Viglen Ltd, has unveiled a new high-performance computer cluster at Queen Mary, University of London. This will enable the college to team up with international research...
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Oriental history man
Hong Kong entrepreneur Stanley Ho has given £2.5 million to Oxford University for the study of Chinese history. A new university lecturership in Chinese history, associated with a tutorial fellowship...
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Artistic impressions
Artistic impressions: a bronze cast of an infant's skeleton is one of a number of thought-provoking pieces of sculpture on show at Winchester Cathedral. The exhibition, curated by John Gibbons,...
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London Met drops union recognition
Industrial relations stall as university ignores pre-merger agreements and insists the UCU must apply to represent staff. Melanie Newman reports. In an unprecedented step, London Metropolitan...
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Israeli boycott back on agenda
The academic boycott of Israel is back on the agenda, with the submission of motions on the subject to the University and College Union congress this month, writes Melanie Newman. An anti-boycott...
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When firing off can get you fired...
More and more academics are falling foul of university conduct codes through airing their grievances online. Phil Baty and Tony Tysome report "Get up - stand up! Keep the fight!" This was the...
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Indian mutiny reviewed
The biggest mass jailbreak in history - during the 1857 rebellion against British rule in north India 150 years ago this month - is the subject of a new book by Leicester University lecturer Clare...
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Secure knowledge
Portsmouth University is setting up a new degree course to train the high-tech security gadget gurus and cybersleuths. The degree - BSc in security technology -is the first degree course in the UK to...
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Flushed with success
Scientists at Brighton University have an unknown Sussex resident to thank for a breakthrough that could help Europe to clean up its rivers and bathing waters. Huw Taylor and James Ebdon of the...
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In search of identity
The Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (Cronem) at Surrey University has chosen "Nationalism and National Identities: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" as the subject of...
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Nifty footwork, York
Academics at Northampton University seem to have got the rough end of the stick in a research partnership with York University. In a rare clinical trial on the treatment of verrucas, researchers at...
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Return of Hunterian
Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum is to reopen next week on the birthday of its founder Dr William Hunter. The museum, which celebrates its bicentenary this year, will reopen on May 23 following...
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Israel torn apart by 'reforms'
Budget cuts and an exodus of academics are wreaking havoc at once-great universities, reports Nathan Jeffay Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Martin Buber stood together, unable to contain their...
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World encompassed
Asian English-taught courses growing A growing number of university courses in Asia are being taught in English, a paper from an international higher education research organisation has said. The...