Degrees of freedom
May I offer a little hope to Frank Burnet ("Pick'n'mix not so sweet", 6 November)? The University of Warwick allows students to study outside normal credit loads.Students who study in my department (...
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Student-centred advances
Although I would agree with much of Frank Furedi's article "Feeding a fine hunger" (30 October) in that good teaching is not a separate and distinct activity from the rest of academic work, I take...
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Vulgarity or virtue?
I was surprised to read that the lady wife of the vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University considers that tucking a napkin into the shirt is the height of vulgarity ("To get ahead, watch...
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Dumb pronouncements
So Phil Willis, chairman of the Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee, has told a majority of the readers who took part in a recent Times Higher Education poll on the...
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Top institutions in microbiology based on impact
Based on Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-30 June 2008
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Marine marker
This artwork of raised terracotta lettering, a quote about Darwinism from John Ruskin, is home to an array of starfish, crabs, whelks and other sea creatures.It was created by Cath Keay, a fine art...
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Heriot-Watt University - £10m to boost staff numbers
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has launched Focus on the Future, Heriot-Watt University's £10 million strategy to increase its academic staff by 50 per cent over ten years. The university...
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London Metropolitan University - Job cuts may follow 5% settlement
London Metropolitan University is to pay its staff the 5 per cent October pay rise in full and on time, but it has said "permanent reductions" in staffing may have to be considered. In an internal...
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University of Teesside - Digital nerve centre opened
Sir George Cox, former chairman of the UK Design Council, has opened a £12 million development to support the "digital revolution" transforming the economy of the North East. The high-tech Phoenix...
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Napier University - War Poets collection on parade
Napier University has marked the 90th anniversary of the First World War armistice by holding an open day at its War Poets collection. The collection features the works of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried...
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Bristol/Cardiff/Peninsula dental schools - Research funding bid with teeth
A plan to attract research funding to South Wales and the West Country was launched this week through collaboration between the dental schools of the universities of Bristol and Cardiff and the...
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University of Northampton - Staff fight back on redundancies
The University and College Union at the University of Northampton has voted in favour of industrial action short of a strike after news of plans to make two academics in the history division...
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University of Aberdeen - Boost for bio-entrepreneurs
A programme that aims to create a generation of "business-savvy" scientists has been launched by the University of Aberdeen. From next October, science students will be able to take a bio-business...
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Lancaster University - A nose for sensitive research
Electronic "noses" that can sniff out diseased and damaged plants have been developed by Lancaster University. The e-noses mimic a human sense of smell using sensors that respond to airborne...
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University of Cardiff - Doctor's 'Whoniversal' appeal
Dr Who is set to take centre stage this week when the University of Cardiff plays host to a postgraduate conference on "Whoniversal appeal". Under the title "Doctor Who and all its Spin-Offs", the...