The chair of Dundee's new obesity research group is starting a study of diet, exercise and cancer recurrence Many people may be regretting overeating over the festive season, but for Annie Anderson,...
* Peter Burkill , formerly at Southampton University, has become professor of ocean science at Plymouth University and director of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science and the...
As 60 per cent of graduates receive the highest classification, calls for reform are growing, reports Phil Baty Three out of five graduates left university with a top degree classification in 2006,...
A Yale University law professor is about to become a household name in the UK thanks to the hosts of a popular daytime TV chat show that he had barely heard of. Jed Rubenfeld is the only academic...
Alison Richard, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, has been forced to deny reports that she is in the running to be the next president of Harvard University. Before Christmas, Professor Richard...
Beating hearts are ripped from men's bodies in Mel Gibson's new film, Apocalypto . But in depicting the ancient Maya as bloodthirsty barbarians, the controversial actor-director has also hacked to...
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The Royal Northern College of Music has successfully gained taught degree-awarding powers. The college, whose degrees are currently validated by Manchester University, joins the growing ranks of...
St Mary's College, Twickenham, has received permission from the Privy Council to be called St Mary's University College, Twickenham. Students starting in autumn at the college, which has a Roman...
The University and College Union is to launch a campaign to defend English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) courses at a conference in London on Monday. The campaign will press the Government...
Students at Canterbury Christ Church and Kent universities have won the first licence for a campus FM radio station. Canterbury Student Radio will launch on January 15. The station is aimed at 14 to...
As academic career moves go, Stephen Charters' appointment is a sparkling achievement, having just been appointed Champagne professor at Reims Management School. Dr Charters, an Oxford law graduate,...
Candidates for posts in the super-union say former allegiances will count for less than more recent debates, Tony Tysome writes. Members voting in the forthcoming elections to fill positions in the...
The proposed academic boycott of Israel is likely to resurface as an issue for the University and College Union during the leadership election, it emerged this week. A motion passed last year by...
Academics who have devoted their lives to their universities could now be asked to donate their homes, writes Claire Sanders. Reports that Tony Blair is keen to create a multimillion-pound endowment...