Campus round-up
University of SheffieldMexican wave reaches YorkshireA university has signed an agreement with Mexico's national science body to promote joint industrial research. The University of Sheffield's...
University of SheffieldMexican wave reaches YorkshireA university has signed an agreement with Mexico's national science body to promote joint industrial research. The University of Sheffield's...
The MRC's head knows it must deliver impact, but he tells Paul Jump that he's equally aware of the need to help the best ideas germinate
Ever read a quote and felt a sense of déjà vu? On 2 February, the University and College Union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said the latest cuts to be outlined were "yet another slap in the face...
Over the next few weeks, most universities in England will nail their colours to the mast and set their undergraduate tuition fees for 2012-13, when the cap will rise to £9,000. It will mark the...
John Hearn and Alan Robson urge universities to refocus on the reality of individual missions, not rankings' absurd lists
EIS points finger over professorial post and key individuals' excessive power, writes Hannah Fearn
Now is a fertile time to be conducting research among the proliferating forms of social media, writes Tara Brabazon
They have already faced criticism for promoting a culture of greed and recklessness that precipitated the global economic crisis, but now business schools have been branded "laggards" in their own...
University of NorthamptonJackie CampbellThe phrase "no pain, no gain" could have been invented for Jackie Campbell, professor of neurophysiology at the University of Northampton. Professor Campbell...
Bath Spa UniversityWeighing Jade's legacyThe impact on young women of the media coverage of reality-TV star Jade Goody's battle with cervical cancer is being investigated by researchers. Academics at...
Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity
By mixing independence and collaboration, a new centre expects to find novel ways of coping with climate change. Neha Popat reports
University of StirlingKathleen JamieKathleen Jamie is a poet in motion as she moves to the University of Stirling to take up a chair in creative writing. Professor Jamie began creative writing while...
John Morgan reports from South Korea's capital on plans to establish an overseas campus
Rankings can be a positive force in higher education, says Phil Baty in his speech from Going Global 2011