24 November 2011
Civic spark - What does a university add to a city? A lot more than you might think
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Black hole at heart of star's collapse
Dutch begin documenting top psychologist鈥檚 supermassive fraud
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Willetts forced to abandon Cambridge lecture after protest
David Willetts was forced to call off a lecture yesterday evening after the event he was due to speak at was disrupted by student protesters.
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Regent鈥檚 College unveils expansion plans
One of the UK鈥檚 biggest private providers has set out bold plans to become a university, more than double in size and takeover or link up with other 鈥渃omplementary institutions鈥 both in Britain and...
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Fresh leak of scientists' emails ahead of climate change summit
The University of East Anglia鈥檚 Climatic Research Unit has found itself back in the spotlight with the leak of over 5,000 emails seemingly to and from its academic staff.
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NERC appoints new head after long search
A new chief executive has been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council almost five months after its previous head stepped down.
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Poor Londoners in richer boroughs 鈥榤ost disadvantaged鈥
A 鈥減overty penalty鈥 is restricting access to higher education for poor Londoners, particularly those living in richer boroughs, a new report says.
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Inside Higher Ed: Pepper spray outrage
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Southampton begins recruitment for new Malaysia campus
The University of Southampton鈥檚 first overseas campus has begun enrolling students after the project received academic accreditation from the Malaysian authorities.
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Fresh call for White Paper reforms to be shelved
Academics at Birkbeck, University of London have called for the government to suspend its higher education reforms.
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Lancaster to open new chemistry department
A new Department of Chemistry is to be established at Lancaster University, more than a decade after its old department was closed.
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Just good friends: Dundee and Abertay say merger is off the cards
The universities of Dundee and Abertay Dundee have issued a joint statement with the Scottish Funding Council asserting that they will not merge.
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Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy
Alessandra Tosi on a must-read for the massed ranks who fret about the future of the humanities
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The item you've requested is currently unavailable
Off-site store causes problems after Soas Library refurb cuts capacity. Matthew Reisz writes
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Court of law rules that complaints watchdog is not a court of law
Judgment rejects narcoleptic's case as it would make OIA a legal 'surrogate'. Jack Grove reports