Royal College of Art - Life before Starbucks
Viennese coffeehouses at the turn of the last century are the focus of a festival and conference to be staged by the Royal College of Art. The Vienna Cafe Festival and conference, beginning this week...
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University of Manchester - £5m grant for nuclear research
British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) has given the University of Manchester £5 million to develop its nuclear research programme and expand its training programmes for nuclear engineers. Under the endowment...
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Bangor University - Brain study to use new method
A pioneering approach is to be applied to a study of the way in which the human mind draws meaning from the world at Bangor University. Guillaume Thierry, deputy head of the school of psychology,...
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Back on track
Geoffrey Alderman has found a way of letting off steam now that he is semi-retired.The professor of politics and contemporary history at the University of Buckingham is learning to drive a steam...
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Overseas briefing
IndiaUniversity offers legal aidAn Indian university has pledged to provide legal aid to two students accused of involvement in a series of bomb attacks in Delhi last month. The Jamia Millia Islamia...
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Institutions join effort to give women a rich return
Business school partners will tailor management courses for developing world, writes Hannah Fearn
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Psychologists vote to end role in interrogations
The role of US psychologists in helping to interrogate detainees at Guantanamo Bay and at CIA "black sites" overseas may be at an end after members of the profession voted against the practice.The...
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Reich and wrong
Richard Evans, Cambridge's new Regius professor of modern history, finds much to be optimistic about in his discipline
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Appointments
Quentin Skinner will join Queen Mary, University of London, this month as Barber Beaumont professor of humanities. Professor Skinner, who has served as distinguished visiting professor at Queen Mary...
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Business links 'must be more than supply and demand'
CIHE report urges HE to focus on strengths when partnering with industry, writes Hannah Fearn
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Third-stream success needs staff engagement
A lack of engagement by academics is holding back the transfer of knowledge from universities to business, according to an independent analysis of how funding for "third stream" activity is spent....
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US blogger plots graphs to show death of 'stupid academic fads'
Study provides evidence that the influence of 'isms' has fallen in past decade, reports John Gill
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Staff accept 'insulting' pay deal despite union opposition
Strike ballot called off as 80 per cent of Coventry academics agree offer. John Gill reports
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Original features
When the University of East Anglia (UEA) opened in 1963, Denys Lasdun, who was to go on to become designer of London's National Theatre, became its architect and master planner.He wanted to create a...
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Joint strategy on widening access
A 'super' compact scheme is being considered by leading universities, Rebecca Attwood reports