A prison governor-turned-academic looks forward to his new role as chair of an inquiry into the penal system. David Wilson, professor of criminology at the University of Central England in Birmingham...
* Alistair Alcock has been appointed professor and founding dean of Salford University's law school, which opens in September. He was formerly deputy vice-chancellor of Buckingham University. * Gill...
Lack of long-term funding deters new scientists from careers in UK cancer research. Rebecca Attwood reports. Too many young scientists in the UK are asking why anyone would choose a career in...
Lisa Jardine has lost count of the number of times people asked her if winning The Times Higher Lifetime Achievement Award meant she was about to retire. "There were a number of occasions after I...
The Government is exploiting academics to further its economic policy, the new general secretary of the University and College Union was due to warn this week. At the UCU's inaugural congress in...
How green is your university? The first environmental league tables PLUS Rapley of the Antarctic A seasoned crusader against global warming
Academics in Iraq face violence daily, but the international community offers little help, Melanie Newman reports Karem al-Zubaidi does not want to claim benefits from Britain or to class himself as...
When Sir James Dyson was a student at the Royal College of Art, he would sneak across the road to listen to the lectures of the structural engineer Anthony Hunt at Imperial College. He was inspired...
The three smallest colleges of the University of the Arts London are to boost their links by forming a new strategic alliance, writes Rebecca Attwood. Under the plans, Camberwell College of Arts,...
Drummond Bone, Liverpool University vice-chancellor and president of Universities UK, has announced he will retire next summer. Professor Bone told staff last week that his five-year contract with...
Training budgets for National Health Service staff in the next academic year will increase by 3.6 per cent, the Government has said. The Department for Education and Skills said it had allocated £4.3...
Research Councils UK has launched this year's business plan competition. Researchers from all areas supported by RCUK are invited to submit ideas with commercial potential. All entrants receive...
Staff at Glasgow University's Crichton Campus in Dumfries, threatened with funding-related closure, say they are optimistic following talks with John Kemp, deputy director of strategic development at...
The Vilenica 2007 International Literary Prize will be awarded to Goran Stefanovski, a senior lecturer in screenwriting at Canterbury Christ Church University. The award, for outstanding achievement...
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has announced 38 new clinical senior lectureships at 12 universities as part of a scheme to support senior clinical academics. A summary of university...