Thirty-seven university teams are this week celebrating after netting Pounds 150 million in the first round of the Joint Infrastructure Fund. The winning projects are: * A building at Leeds...
The Roslin Institute's new US backing will boost gene therapy research. Olga Wojtas reports. Last year, the Roslin Institute, home of Dolly the sheep, set up a commercial subsidiary, Roslin Bio-Med,...
Self-cleaning grout for hospital operating theatres and even for domestic bathrooms may soon become a reality as Manchester scientists develop materials for the future. Researchers at the University...
Presidential systems of government cost 10 per cent less than parliaments, according to research by two leading European economists. In a discussion paper for the Centre for Economic Policy Research...
Researchers at the University of Newcastle are looking for a partial solution to one of the most ancient human problems - a proper night's sleep for young children and their parents. They are...
'Job scanning' can help science PhDs apply their skills in the wider world. Natasha Loder hears how it is done. Chandra Louise, the United States-based medical and careers writer, runs workshops on...
Research into a genetic therapy to treat cystic fibrosis is moving ahead. Clare Sansom reports. For centuries, German folklore has recognised that "the child will die soon, whose forehead tastes...
British higher education is losing millions of pounds a year thanks to "intimidating" and "mystifying" visa procedures that have put off thousands of fee-paying overseas students. A nationwide survey...
Ministers stepped up their get-tough stance on failing colleges this week, taking the unprecedented step of "naming and shaming" troubled colleges. College leaders warned that the move could harm...
The chairman of the new Scottish Further Education Funding Council has promised that a review of college management will be "neither a whitewash nor a witch-hunt". A steering group will develop a...
The Institute for Learning and Teaching is to scrap its proposed membership scheme, which many academics have criticised as unscholarly. Roger King, vice-chancellor of Lincolnshire and Humberside...
Universities and colleges will have to sacrifice 20 per cent of revenues earned through the University for Industry if they sign up as an accredited UfI Learning Centre, writes Phil Baty. One expert...
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