Artistic roles in demand
Film, music and drama play leading roles in The Times Higher 's jobs pages this week, with three institutions seeking new staff. Kingston University is after lecturers in music technology and popular...
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Participation hits 43%
The official participation rate for higher education stands at 43 per cent of 18-30 year olds, the Government confirmed this week. The number of students has increased by 44,000 since 1999, Higher...
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Nano risks warning
The Government is not doing enough to reduce potential risks of nanotechnology, the Council for Science and Technology has said. The CST's Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies Review , published...
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Marks U-turn is 'mockery of exam process'
A professor has resigned from Bournemouth University in disgust after senior managers overruled his decision to fail 13 of his students. Phil Baty reports. It was a difficult decision, but Paul...
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'Immature' students without basic English skills enrage Uclan staff
Staff at the University of Central Lancashire have delivered a damning indictment of the quality of their own students in a no-holds-barred internal discussion leaked to The Times Higher , writes...
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Post-92s are told to get tougher
A lecturer forbidden from marking students down for not showing sufficient evidence of research is calling on academics to be more stringent when marking. Leo Enticknap warned first-year media...
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Drive to ban 'primitive' names sparks debate
Stuart Blackman reports on dissent over academic support for pressure group Many people will not think twice about applying the descriptions "native", "indigenous" or "tribal" to certain groups of...
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Call for funding to match rise in overseas students
The UK's continued success in attracting students from overseas this week prompted warnings from two leading higher education opinion formers. The number of students from outside Europe enrolling in...
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Warwick on whiplash
Researchers at Warwick University have been awarded more than £5 million from the National Health Service for clinical trials in cancer and emergency care. The Warwick Medical School Clinical Trials...
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OU wins fellowships
Researchers at the Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research have won two of three Aurora Fellowships sponsored by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research...
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Bid to revolutionise MRI
Scientists at Aberdeen University have won £2.5 million to create a scanner with the potential to revolutionise magnetic resonance imaging, some 25 years after the university became the first to scan...
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'Bioactive glass' bones
Kent University's Functional Materials Group has received £266,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to develop new forms of "bioactive glass" that can be used to promote...
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£60K for diabetes study
Swansea University has won two grants worth more than £60,000 from Diabetes UK and the Welsh Assembly's Office for Research and Development for Health and Social Care to investigate the effects of...
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Protection by Cranfield
Cranfield University has received £50,000 from international aerospace giant Lockheed Martin for research into new armour to protect troops and vehicles from the type of explosives used in Iraq and...
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Correction
Last week we reported that a new sports science building had opened at Plymouth University. The Spinnaker Building is, in fact, at Portsmouth University.