Creativity campaign to attack red tape
'Constrained' academics demand freedom to think amid growing bureaucracy. Tony Tysome reports. A national campaign to defend academic creativity against the perceived onslaught of red tape and...
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Hustings brings out anger over pay dispute
The gloves came off in the fight to lead the University and College Union this week as the two main rivals for the general secretary's job went head to head for the first time at an election hustings...
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'A multifaceted problem requires a multifaceted response'
The chair of Dundee's new obesity research group is starting a study of diet, exercise and cancer recurrence Many people may be regretting overeating over the festive season, but for Annie Anderson,...
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On the move...
* Peter Burkill , formerly at Southampton University, has become professor of ocean science at Plymouth University and director of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science and the...
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Concern at rise in top degrees
As 60 per cent of graduates receive the highest classification, calls for reform are growing, reports Phil Baty Three out of five graduates left university with a top degree classification in 2006,...
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Sofa, so good for writer
A Yale University law professor is about to become a household name in the UK thanks to the hosts of a popular daytime TV chat show that he had barely heard of. Jed Rubenfeld is the only academic...
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Richard denies Harvard move
Alison Richard, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, has been forced to deny reports that she is in the running to be the next president of Harvard University. Before Christmas, Professor Richard...
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Film puts truth to the knife
Beating hearts are ripped from men's bodies in Mel Gibson's new film, Apocalypto . But in depicting the ancient Maya as bloodthirsty barbarians, the controversial actor-director has also hacked to...
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Next week
Father of a nuclear family The life of a dedicated nuclear proliferator reveals the difficulty of trying to curb atomic ambitions PLUS School at war - a special Whistleblower investigation
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Degrees of music
The Royal Northern College of Music has successfully gained taught degree-awarding powers. The college, whose degrees are currently validated by Manchester University, joins the growing ranks of...
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Name change approval
St Mary's College, Twickenham, has received permission from the Privy Council to be called St Mary's University College, Twickenham. Students starting in autumn at the college, which has a Roman...
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Campaign for Esol
The University and College Union is to launch a campaign to defend English for Speakers of Other Languages (Esol) courses at a conference in London on Monday. The campaign will press the Government...
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Riding the airwaves
Students at Canterbury Christ Church and Kent universities have won the first licence for a campus FM radio station. Canterbury Student Radio will launch on January 15. The station is aimed at 14 to...
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Time for some bubbly
As academic career moves go, Stephen Charters' appointment is a sparkling achievement, having just been appointed Champagne professor at Reims Management School. Dr Charters, an Oxford law graduate,...
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'Political' issues, not old affiliations, will decide result
Candidates for posts in the super-union say former allegiances will count for less than more recent debates, Tony Tysome writes. Members voting in the forthcoming elections to fill positions in the...