University of Dundee - Small lasers, giant steps
The European Commission has awarded £8 million to a team of 18 European partners to develop pocket-sized, energy-efficient biomedical lasers. The University of Dundee is leading the project, which...
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Latin algorithms
A chance encounter led Alan Clements to a visiting professorship in Cuba, where he has also helped shape the IT curriculum
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Appointments
Soraya Dhillon has been honoured for her work for the second time after she was awarded the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Charter Gold Medal. Professor Dhillon, head of the School of...
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Homoeopaths label scientists the 'new fundamentalists'
Clinical research 'inappropriate' to test alternative therapies, practitioners argue. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Aberystwyth refutes claims of 'hateful' anti-Israel teaching bias
Spectator columnist says politics department delivers propaganda. Melanie Newman reports
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Universities fear fallout of further funding plans
Plans to reform further education funding could severely hit student intakes at some higher education institutions, vice-chancellors warned this week.Institutions with high numbers of students from...
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Chinese demographics pose risk to UK market share
British Council study says single-child policy will harm recruiting efforts. John Gill reports
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Northern Ireland's on track at last, says minister
Northern Ireland's universities are overcoming their historic problem with "reluctant leavers" - local students forced to leave the province for study elsewhere in the UK because there are not enough...
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US research fraud poll sparks alarm
Failure to act on high rate of scientific misconduct casts doubt on self-regulation, writes John Gill
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaR&D spending shoots up 25%Spending on research at Australian universities has rocketed in recent years. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal that total expenditure on...
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Wealth-making is all about location, location, location
Study says geography trumps expertise as key to university profit-generation, Hannah Fearn writes
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Study reveals huge shifts in top awards in law
Dramatic changes in the proportion of higher classification degrees awarded by some university law departments have been highlighted in a new study.The poll by Norman Baird, an education consultant...
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Plenty of data, but little insight
UK universities claimed to be suffering through lack of institutional research. John Gill reports
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News in brief
Energy Technologies InstituteEPSRC loses out on fundingMPs have criticised the Government for making the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council divert funding from its research programme...
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Sterling support for a greener tomorrow
'Living' multipartner programme to tackle climate change nets £1bn in funding. Zoe Corbyn reports