Pub crawl and ‘zombie walk’ win funding to promote humanities
The UK’s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations
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Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt apologises over ‘trouble with girls’ remarks
A Nobel Prize-winning fellow of the Royal Society has apologised after saying he was in favour of single sex laboratories.
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Difference engine
Source: Getty Pan-Chyr Yang offers insights into National Taiwan University’s sterling work in pure research, knowledge transfer, innovation and 21st-century learning. Founded in 1928, National...
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US public college presidents pocket 7% pay rise
But new report reveals that the president was not the highest-paid person on campus at more than half of institutions
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Postdoctoral researchers to be made Cambridge alumni
Former postdoctoral researchers will now be counted as alumni at the University of Cambridge
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Transnational students ‘more likely to progress to postgraduate courses’
A combination of short undergraduate courses and master’s programmes may be attractive to overseas students, Hefce says
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QAA reviews ‘could be abolished’
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
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Aberdeen UCU members vote to strike over job losses
Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.
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Could texting and tweeting in lectures be good for learning?
New study suggests using phones in class could actually be beneficial, provided students stay on topic
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Science inspired by fiction
A new series of short films reveals the often unexpected books that have inspired scientists at Cambridge.
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Glyndwr v-c attempts to draw line under university’s troubles
Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.
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Aston jobs at risk as part of review, UCU claims
Job losses could be in prospect at Aston University, with the institution saying it has to “look at how we do things” in the light of more higher education cuts.
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Science is Vital calls on new science minister to boost research budget
Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds
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How universities played their part in revolutions
A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.