Collegiate climb
Hughes Hall, Cambridge, has become a full college of Cambridge University 121 years after it was founded. The college began life in 1885 as the Cambridge Training College for Women as part of an...
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Can we talk freely?
Leading international law experts are to meet in Cambridge University this month to look at what happens when freedom of speech crosses the boundary with extremism and racial hatred. The conference,...
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Improving access
Numbers of disabled students in higher education have increased by just over two thirds in five years, according to figures released this week by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. In total, 137...
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Sniff and save
The idiosyncratic ritual of book-sniffing is to be used to prevent damage to texts at Cambridge University. Researchers will test the gases that give old books their smell to work out which of...
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Sociology works its magic on science
Multimedia to multidisciplinary, social scientists are pursuing new research methods. Rebecca Attwood reports from their annual conference It may sound an unlikely pairing, but under a new initiative...
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Abandon your bunker mentality, urges Frayling, as he calls for focus on society's needs
Higher education must effect a "major cultural and attitudinal" change if it is to meet the needs of society and the economy, delegates at the Higher Education Funding Council for England's...
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Hidden talents wired into your psyche
Like it or not, psychometric testing for academic posts is here to stay. Phil Baty looks at its effectiveness They may earn three or four times your salary, but in terms of their responsibilities and...
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Sail the seven seas
Fed up with partying students ruining your neighbourhood? Then why not encourage them to take their partying out to sea? Tickets have gone on sale for the first cruises, due to set sail in October,...
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Brain tumour alliance
A new strategic alliance involving the University of Central Lancashire, Wolverhampton University and the Lancashire Teaching Hospital's National Health Service Foundation Trust has been formed under...
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Hello, pop-pickers
Scotland's vibrant music scene has prompted Glasgow University to offer the country's first postgraduate course in popular music studies. Martin Cloonan, course convenor of the MLitt in popular music...
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Fungi findings
Climate change is dramatically altering the growing patterns of mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi, research has found. A team from Cardiff University's School of Biosciences studied more than 52,...
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Muslim excellence
Adel Sharif of Surrey University was awarded the Fazlar Rahman Khan Award for Engineering, Science and Technology at the annual Muslim News Awards for Excellence. Rear Admiral Amjad Hussain, the...
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Walk on the wild side
Orangutan Diary TV presenter Steve Leonard will give a talk at Wolverhampton University next week on his work filming animals. Mr Leonard, a trained veterinary surgeon, will give a free public...
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Phoenix soars but still dogged by turbulence
Profit-making universities are big in the US. However, their spectacular growth has been mirrored by less welcome controversy over tactics. Stephen Phillips reports Sporting events do not come much...
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Wake up and value the potential of the postdoc
Early-career researchers can reinvigorate academe, but only if they are given support and job security, argues Paul Wicks Professors profess, lecturers lecture, students study and assistants assist....