Odds and quads - 28 February 2013
This suitcase, filled with memorabilia from the First World War, was recently found in a cupboard in the University of Abertay Dundee’s psychology department.It turned out to have belonged to a nurse...
This suitcase, filled with memorabilia from the First World War, was recently found in a cupboard in the University of Abertay Dundee’s psychology department.It turned out to have belonged to a nurse...
‘Inspirational leader’ needed as university adds £450m campus to city-centre base. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
‘Inspirational’ pro vice-chancellor will help lead university as it expands from city centre base to new £450m campus. David Matthews writes
How has 16 years of growth in enrolment affected the fortunes of different disciplines?
Pattern emerging of how sector is spending RCUK open-access cash. Elizabeth Gibney reports
Universities deciding mechanisms to apportion RCUK cash
Ill manorsGang members suffer high levels of psychiatric illness that place a heavy burden on mental health services, a study suggests. Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London found that 86...
Source: AlamyIll manorsGang members suffer high levels of psychiatric illness that place a heavy burden on mental health services, a study suggests. Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London...
Source: © The Estate of Patrick Caulfield, DACS 2013 / © Sir Peter Blake, DACS 2013Modern mastersThe first public exhibition of one of the UK’s most important private collections of modern art has...
Underground artThis subterranean art installation, housed in a Victorian ice well beneath the London Canal Museum, was inspired by particle physics. Commissioned by the Institute of Physics,...
Underground artThis subterranean art installation, housed in a Victorian ice well beneath the London Canal Museum, was inspired by particle physics. Commissioned by the Institute of Physics,...
Source: Russell SachGreater transparencyA “scientific glassblower” at the University of Southampton is one of about 15 skilled workers still employed by UK universities to produce glassware in-house...
The year’s best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector
AstraZeneca’s move to Cambridge hub may widen North-South divide, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers
Research facility clusters mean the benefits are too localised, say Henry Overman and Christian Helmers