Birmingham/Warwick - Remembrance of crops past
Gardeners who grow traditional varieties of cabbages, onions and peas are being sought by researchers who want to preserve historically important crops for posterity. It is hoped that the project,...
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University of Edinburgh - Root of our solutions
The politics of plants will guide the global economy, according to a scientist from the University of Edinburgh. Writing in the first issue of a new journal, Food Security, research fellow Emma Frow...
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University of Salford - Nelly doesn't want to be alone
Elephants kept in captivity are being starved of company and the community atmosphere they need to flourish, a University of Salford study suggests. Paul Rees, senior lecturer at the School of...
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Capital injections as Napier aims to exploit global market
Rebrand and £100 million refurbishment look to attract overseas students, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
The Craiglockhart Campus is home to Edinburgh Napier University Business School. A £30 million extension and refurbishment programme, completed in 2004, was designed to provide up-to-date teaching...
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The future? Wish upon a Starbucks
A panel discussion at LSE offered some surprising insights into the university sector. John Gill reports
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News in brief
European Research Council - Sainsbury joins review panelDavid Sainsbury, the former Science Minister, is part of a five-member high-level panel reviewing the European Research Council, the blue-skies...
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20 years ago
A proposal to unite all five research councils in a single organisation is the likely main recommendation from the advisory board for the Research Council's inquiry into biology. The inquiry...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesGovernor and chancellor fall outA clash between the head of Nevada's higher education system and its state governor has led to a breakdown in relations. The row stems from a newspaper...
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Land of the fee: US pay dwarfs UK remuneration
British salaries pale into insignificance compared with America's millionaires' row, writes John Gill
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Publishers struggle to co pe with open-access tide
Boston University has become the first major US higher education institution to post its academics' research online, bypassing the traditional route of publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals,...
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Defence of the cyber realm
Information underpins modern life. To protect it, a scheme is seeking ideas from all fields, writes Neha Popat
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Grant winners
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: F.Y. LiewInstitution: University of GlasgowValue: £936,320Molecular and functional characterisation of the novel cytokine IL-35Award winner: J.K. BallInstitution...
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Silver linings
Cara Murphy's craft has not been hit by the credit crunch and her new commissions include one from Downing Street
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Appointments
Two pro vice-chancellors have been appointed at Keele University. Marilyn Andrews, head of the School for Health and Rehabilitation, has been named pro vice-chancellor for learning and student...