Library benefactor
Queen's University Belfast has announced that business leader and philanthropist Sir Anthony O'Reilly is to give his name to the university's new £45 million library, due to open in 2009, to mark Sir...
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Fashionable exhibits
Having used vintage garments as a source of inspiration, fashion students from the School of Design at Leeds University will exhibit a series of innovative garments made from technologically advanced...
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Class sizes spark fears over quality
Academics are feeling the impact of increasing workloads and a customer-comes-first attitude towards students too numerous to put names to As student numbers swell, tutorial groups become...
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Ill-equipped staff forced to fill in for absent colleagues
Academics are expected to take lectures in subjects in which they have little or no knowledge, as customer-led culture prevails. Phil Baty reports "I have sometimes gone into seminars crossing my...
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New openings in law
Stuart Bell, an authority on environmental law, is to be the founding head of the York Law School. Professor Bell, professor of environmental law at Nottingham Law School, based at Nottingham Trent...
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It's turtle tradition
Sea turtles swim hundreds of miles to feed at exactly the same sites after laying their eggs, a research team led by Annette Broderick of Exeter University's School of Biosciences has discovered. The...
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New take on 24
A Southampton Solent University lecturer has written the UK's first book analysing the smash hit TV series 24 . Stephen Peacock, senior lecturer in film and television studies, has edited Reading 24...
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Forward planning
Full planning permission has been awarded to Canterbury Christ Church University for two major buildings - a state-of-the-art sports centre and a flagship library and learning centre. The £4 million...
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North and South unite
Universities in the North and South of Ireland have signed up to a collaborative research partnership. The presidents of Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and University College...
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Testing the turf
Lincoln University has held a turf-cutting event to celebrate the start of the second construction phase of a £3.5 million extension of the university's Holbeach Technology Park. Holbeach campus is a...
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Talk Welsh
The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education has launched a Welsh Language Policy, which recognises the equality of the Welsh and English languages and promotes the use of Welsh in the...
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Split over power shake-up
College heads struggle to reach consensus on new governance plans for the University of London, Rebecca Attwood reports The University of London has laid out plans for a new governance structure, but...
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Boring image is holding back Bologna
The language of the Bologna Process and even the name itself are a turn-off and may be hampering efforts to increase academic engagement in the initiative, according to MPs, writes Rebecca Attwood. A...
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Learning at the highest level
The University of Kashmir can boast some tremendous achievements but political freedom remains an issue. John Kirkaldy reports from Srinagar If there were to be a competition for the most beautiful...
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Demographic decline threatens Europe
European universities will need to shrink by 2020 or recruit large numbers of overseas students to adjust to demographic changes, researchers have said. A paper in the journal International Higher...