London School of Economics - Western memorial
An acclaimed historian is to deliver a lecture on the "greatness and limitations of the West" in tribute to a former director of the London School of Economics. Heinrich August Winkler, who until...
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University of Birmingham - Front-row seats for the Big Bang
Physicists could play a key role in a planned space mission to study gravitational waves. A group from the University of Birmingham would play a key role in the mission, which the US National...
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Middlesex University - Networking with the IT crowd
IT professionals from India can turn their qualifications into a UK degree. Middlesex University has signed an agreement with Aptech, allowing those who have completed courses with the Mumbai-based...
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Norwich University College of the Arts - Making a splash, poetically
An exhibition of performances centred on the works of a Benedictine monk that were part of the British "concrete poetry" movement in the 1960s and 1970s has been put on display. The Gallery at...
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University of Chester - New dogs, old tricks
Guide-dog trainers can qualify for a bachelor of science degree via a partnership between a university and a charity. The University of Chester has launched a three-year foundation course for guide-...
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University of the Creative Arts - Virtual gallery's browser appeal
Artwork by students has been put centre stage in a university's website makeover. A huge online gallery accessible from every page of the University of the Creative Arts site showcases work including...
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University of East Anglia - Improving the fish-eye view
Short-sighted salmon are to benefit from research on the prevention of cataracts. A study published in the American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology shows...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMMEAward winner: Martin OrrellInstitution: University College LondonValue: £1,213,646Individual cognitive stimulation therapy...
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Blogconfidential: Frock horror
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Frock horror
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Appointments
Liverpool Hope UniversityEric SaakA musical man hailing most recently from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in the US has been named professor of church history and head of the...
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Market forces blamed for 30% increase in managers
Advent of variable fees would exacerbate the rise, academic warns. John Morgan reports
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Nobel winner smells a mouse and retracts papers
A Nobel prizewinning biologist has retracted two papers written by one of her former postdoctoral researchers after being unable to reproduce their key findings.Linda Buck, a principal investigator...
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Grievance poses academy 'threat'
Graduate demands judgment over degree class; not in court, says university. Paul Jump reports
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News in Brief
FundingChange of business model neededUniversities have been urged to "fundamentally reinvent" their business model, and turn from "cost-driven spending machines" into "mission-driven social...
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Odds and quads
This 15th-century Islamic spherical astrolabe - the only complete example of its kind to survive - is one of the most striking objects in the University of Oxford's Museum of the History of Science.