UK complicit in US actions
Alistair Duff justifies singling out the United States for criticism for its use of illegal interrogation techniques in the War on Terror because he claims that no other Western country has used...
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Spelling is a teaching issue
Paul Seedhouse (Letters, 4 September) says that I should not write about spelling because I am not a specialist in this area and because no coherent principles were applied to what I said on this...
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Dickens of a debate
While I agree with some of the sentiments Jonathan Taylor expressed about not colonising the past with our current preoccupations ("Progressively benighted", 14 August), I have to take issue with his...
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University of York - Racism allegations probed
Police are investigating an allegation of race hate said to have occurred at a National Union of Students (NUS) training seminar at the University of York. The Yorkshire Post reported that a sign...
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Canterbury Christ Church, Sussex - Mules outsmart mum and dad
Mules, hybrids of donkeys and horses, are smarter than either of their parent species, according to an intelligence test involving identification of the symbols on food buckets. Psychologist Britta...
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University of Central Lancashire - Farewell to a room of one's own
Staff at the University of Central Lancashire are lamenting the loss of a common room where they were able to escape the demands of the day job. The university's Foster lounge offered respite for...
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Cranfield University - Battle robots stomp to victory
War robots designed by academics at Cranfield University have won a Ministry of Defence (MoD) competition to develop autonomous machines to assist the military. As Times Higher Education reported (28...
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Institute of Education - Bullies are victims too
The stereotypical image of the school bully needs to be revised, researchers suggest. According to a study by the Institute of Education, most children who bully are themselves bullied by other...
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University of Exeter - Green ideals, flyaway habits
Even the most committed environmentalists are not prepared to accept extra green taxes and are deeply sceptical of carbon-offsetting schemes, research from the University of Exeter has found. In a...
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University of Hull - Tinseltown comes to Yorkshire
It's "Welcome to 'Hullywood'" as the University of Hull launches a masters degree in British cinema, which it claims is the first in the country to focus solely on the British film industry. "There...
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University of Cambridge - State school applications up
More students from state schools and colleges are being admitted to the University of Cambridge. Preliminary application and admissions figures show that this year 59 per cent of home students were...
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Goldsmiths, University of London - Artful ideas invade government
In a break with traditional ministerial art displays, a giant tattoo-shaped rug reading "mum" is on show at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in central London. It is one of a...
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University of Sussex - Leaders sought for 12 schools
The University of Sussex is seeking to appoint leaders for 12 new academic schools, to be opened in 2009 as part of its restructuring. Michael Farthing, the vice-chancellor, said that candidates had...
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De Montfort University - Shine a light on conservation
The use of holograms to replace valuable museum artefacts is the subject of a conference at De Montfort University next week. Hologram art works have been used by museums around the world since the...
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University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - More abuse for Leunig report
More academic criticism has been heaped on Tim Leunig, the lecturer in economic history at the London School of Economics who received a torrent of public attacks over his claims last month that the...