Hard-hitting study
Sports scientists at Swansea University have measured the amount of force behind the man with reputedly one of the hardest punches in boxing. Sports science lecturer Iwan Griffiths used motion...
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Anglia Ruskin expands
Work is under way on a £15 million faculty building for Anglia Ruskin University. It is now the 13th largest university in the country, with 28,000 students and more than 1,000 academic staff. The...
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Indian summers
Scientists at Liverpool University are investigating the anticipated effects of climate change on India's monsoon season and the impact alterations in the country's water cycle will have on the...
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Growth spurt
Edge Hill University and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers this week signed a deal to boost professional development for ATL members.
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Grants awarded
Two academics from Portsmouth University's Centre for European and International Studies Research have been awarded British Academy grants. Tony Chafer received a grant of £75,000 to research a...
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Unlocking prison facts
Morag MacDonald, director of University of Central England's Centre for Research into Quality and co-editor of the International Journal of Prisoner Health , is organising the second international...
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Driving innovation
Bus passengers can now look forward to safer journeys thanks to the world's first psychometric risk-assessment scheme for bus drivers. The test and Bus Driver Risk Index, launched by DriverMetrics, a...
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UK HE Europe Unit
The UK HE Europe Unit's website is at www.europeunit.ac.uk. The unit raises awareness of Bologna reforms and European developments in higher education, and lobbies decision-makers on behalf of UK...
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Publisher launches inquiry into allegation of academic copying
Moment of deja vu leads to complaint over 'familiar' text in D. H. Lawrence critique, reports Phil Baty. A Cambridge English don is facing allegations of possible plagiarism after similarities were...
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Vague policies derail effort to rein in student cheats
Many staff are unsure of plagiarism policy and what punishment should be invoked, writes Chloe Stothart The majority of universities are undermining their efforts to combat cheating among students...
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Scholars mull public worth of intellectuals
The role of the public intellectual is a hot topic at present, according to a debate at this week's British Sociological Association conference at the University of East London. Yet academics seem...
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Shortage of bodies bodes ill for medicine
Junior doctors' failure to bone up on anatomy is prompting concern, but some medical schools are pioneering alternative ways to teach the subject, says Melanie Newman. There are medical students...
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On course for collision
Science computing in the UK will be boosted by a further £30 million in research council funding for the UK's largest scientific Grid. The Grid will analyse data from the Large Hadron Collider, a new...
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New cancer chief
Cancer Research UK has appointed world-leading cancer researcher Sir David Lane FRS its first chief scientist. Professor Lane discovered p53, a protein that plays a central role in preventing cancer...
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Divine exhibits
A collection of modern religious icons from Eastern Europe is on show at the Cambridge University Church until the end of May. The Balkan Icons Exhibition features 70 religious paintings by 20...