Student voice gets Lord's ear
The student voice is about to get louder with the launch of a new initiative to give students a greater say in government, writes Rebecca Attwood. In the week in which Lord Triesman, the Higher...
The student voice is about to get louder with the launch of a new initiative to give students a greater say in government, writes Rebecca Attwood. In the week in which Lord Triesman, the Higher...
Governors perform an important and complex function in higher education, but what exactly do they do and what skills can they bring to the role? Hannah Fearn investigates.
Helsinki, 12 September 2006 Nanotechnology researchers and experimenters focus on materials at the level of individual atoms and molecules measuring 1 to 100 billionths of a metre. Nanotechnologies...
What price victory? Huw Dixon weighs the odds
Research council aims to integrate science and policy in flagship programme. Zoe Corbyn reports.
Investment in energy and molecular engineering centres will boost job and career options. Tony Tysome reports New research opportunities are expected to open up with the launch of five new research...
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural RightsBy Bill Ivey, founding director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy,...
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe ESRC has announced funding for five public heath centres. Each will receive £4 million over the next five years. Funding is in conjunction with the Department...
The University of Bristol has made two senior appointments at its Centre for East Asian Studies. Yongjin Zhang will join from the University of Auckland as director of the centre and as professor of...
Halting dropous could bring big rewards, says Ormonjd Simpson in our series on new ideas for higher education New students entering British universities this autumn are taking a considerable risk....
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Theories of Population Variation in Genes and GenomesBy Freddy Bugge Christiansen, professor of population biology, Aarhus University. Princeton University...
? = Review forthcomingARCHAEOLOGY- Rome and Environs: An Archaeological GuideBy Filippo Coarelli, professor of Greek and Roman antiquities, University of Perugia, translated by James J. Clauss,...
Although a believer in books, Tara Brabazon welcomes Amazon’s wireless reading device and its potential to transform reading and researching
Universities want eye-catching iconic buildings that capture the spirit of academic endeavour, involve the community and aid recruitment. Esther Oxford surveys the results, from glass walls to grass...
Sir Martin Harris, the head of the Office for Fair Access, has been elected president of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Sir Martin, a former vice-chancellor of the universities of Essex and Manchester and a...