Gay-bashing inquiry
The police are investigating the homophobic persecution of an academic at Oxford Brookes University. A spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed that an investigation was under way into incidents...
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RS elects new fellow
The president of the British Academy, Onora O'Neill, has been elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society. Baroness O'Neill, a professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, is one of only a...
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Google bans essay ads
Google, the internet search engine, has banned adverts for essay-writing services, a move that has delighted vice-chancellors. Drummond Bone,Jpresident of Universities UK, said: "Essay-writing sites...
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Mr John Hemming
On January 26, 2007, we published an article entitled "Great Accusations", about which Mr John Hemming MP has complained. We wish to make it clear that we did not intend to suggest that Mr Hemming...
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On track for a new battle of the sexes
Is a dash of autism and an ability to turn from the world essential for scientific success? Melanie Newman reports. A DVD of trains with faces stuck on their fronts is the intriguing new product of...
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York duo honoured
Two York University academics have received national awards for their contributions to science. Ottoline Leyser of the department of biology has received a Rosalind Franklin Award from the Royal...
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Newcastle expands
Newcastle University has unveiled plans for a £35 million development at its Barras Bridge campus. It wants to create an emerging "cultural quarter" and to provide an improved advice centre for its...
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A ticket for the jet set
Portsmouth University scientists have received £475,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to help them in their quest for a solution to fatigue fracture of components in...
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Gravity grant
The general relativity group of the Southampton University's school of mathematics has been awarded a rolling grant worth £1.7 million by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Over the next...
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Cancer degree first
Leicester University is launching a one-year taught masters degree in cancer chemistry, the first of its kind in the country.
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Â鶹grown ad star
The University of Central England has turned to one of its own students for its new advertising campaign. James Lee, a graduate from the BA visual communication course, is now studying for a masters...
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Lancaster launch
Lord Rees of Ludlow, president of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, has formally opened the third phase of building for the Lancaster Environment Centre. The £8.4 million building provides new...
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Queen's techno boost
Queen's University Belfast has set up a £2.2 million Bioimaging Core Technology Unit - the result of an award from the Science Research Investment Fund (SRIF2).
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Red tape ties up health service studies
Bureaucracy is a chronic probem for any research involving the NHS. A national effort is under way to streamline paperwork, but academics are still struggling with the burden. Tony Tysome reports....
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Hope for Cutty Sark
Academics who have spent years working towards the restoration of the Cutty Sark are still hopeful that the Victorian tea clipper and national icon can be restored to its former glory despite this...