Manchester looks up
Manchester University is developing technology for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope that will help astronomers process information it gathers. The £1.1 billion telescope will be 200...
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Interim appointment
Steve Visscher has been named interim chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, during the search to replace Julia Goodfellow, who left to become vice-chancellor...
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Part-time effort for full-time degrees?
Survey finds that contact time and study required at undergraduate level in England is far below the European average, reports Rebecca Attwood England's undergraduate degrees are the least onerous in...
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Increased pester power adds to lecturers' burden
Academics are spending the equivalent of an extra ten-person seminar a week on unscheduled contact with students. Hepi's survey of 15,000 students has revealed the extent of students' demands on...
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Medieval lending
Financial experts from Reading University are to investigate how medieval credit finance arrangements have formed the basis for today's loans systems. Chris Brooks and Adrian Bell have been awarded...
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Chemistry accolade
Derek Stevenson of Surrey University is to receive one of the Royal Society of Chemistry's major career awards at the RSC annual congress and award dinner in November. Dr Stevenson is to receive a...
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Sign language grant
A grant of £1.2 million to create a computerised collection of language recordings of British Sign Language has been awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council to Bristol University,...
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Stroke rehabilitation
Southampton University researchers have developed a pioneering system that aims to retrain weak or paralysed muscles in patients who have suffered brain damage in a stroke. The researchers are from...
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Up, up and away
A lecturer from Manchester University has flown into the record books after travelling nearly 400km in a hot-air balloon. Ann Webb, who works in the Centre for Atmospheric Science in the School of...
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Race case panel finds faults from above
Verdict cites Bradford's failure to promote good relations but dismisses racism. Melanie Newman reports Bradford University has admitted that poor management has damaged staff relations, after a two-...
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Protests hamper animal test cuts
Animal rights movement slows search for alternatives despite new cash for 3Rs research. Zoe Corbyn reports It is a cruel irony. The animal-rights movement has made scientists so defensive that that...
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Union fights 50 cuts
Up to 50 academics at Bournemouth University are to be made redundant. Paul Curran, the vice-chancellor, told staff in an e-mail this week: "To keep on an even keel financially we need to reduce...
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Yale and Peru agree on artefacts' return
Groundbreaking US deal may be a model for the repatriation of other cultural objects. Jon Marcus reports This month, Yale University agreed with the Government of Peru to return most of the artefacts...
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UC Irvine about-turn on appointment
A US university has performed a U'turn by appointing a top academic after having rescinded his job offer. University of California, Irvine had offered Duke University law professor Erwin Chemerinsky...
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Monash homes in on hospital superbug
Australian scientists are a step closer to eliminating one of the most common hospital-acquired infections, which can be fatal. Glen Carter and Dena Lyras at Monash University have found a gene that...