OU innovator moves
David Wield, professor of innovation and development at the Open University, will next autumn become director of the life sciences research group Innogen, which has secured its future with a five-...
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Aberdeen art deal
A series of sculptures marking the final major work of one of Scotland's greatest artists has been acquired by Aberdeen University. Column to Drum is the work of "poet, writer, artist, philosopher...
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Dearing: push foreign tastes
The Russell Group of elite universities was urged this week to consider adopting last week's decision by one of its members, University College London, to insist that all its undergraduates have a...
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A region built on TV spot
The North East of England has a strongly recognisable regional identity as one of the country's cradles of Christianity, an industrial heartland and the inspiration for gritty television dramas such...
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Trumpet blows blue notes out of business of lectures
Noel Dennis has a unique way of livening up his lectures on business theory. The 28-year-old principal lecturer in marketing at Teesside University thinks nothing of switching off the overhead...
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Staff report regular bullying
Leaked survey at Sheffield Hallam reveals 'disturbing' fears of victimisation, high stress and sub-par performance in many areas of work that require 'urgent action'. Phil Baty reports Almost 100...
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The battle, the fallout and a new reckoning
We look back at the fight over pay and the year's other key events and offer festive fun in a news quiz and personal reflections on the past 12 months It was billed as the first year of top-up fees,...
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The most memorable events of 2006: Academics list their personal top fives
Lisa Jardine Director, Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Queen Mary, University of London * The most memorable event in 2006 for me had to be the recovery of...
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Quiz of the year
QUOTES MATCH THE QUOTE TO THE PERSON a. "I always remember that no matter how bad it gets, it's never as bad as freezing your nuts off in the trenches" b. "If we are really going to do our dirty...
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Verbal brawling is just what the academy needs
Let's allow racists and extremists to express their views and then subject them to criticism, argues Dennis Hayes Being offensive is now the worst offence in the academy. Other restrictions on...
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Freedom of speech versus Freedom from offence
Academic freedom is not an abstract concept but it exists within the constraints of our society, where academics have certain responsibilities both within the law and to our respective communities....
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Poor African countries need regional research institute
With few African countries able to afford research universities, a developmental focus for the Commonwealth should be creating regional research institutions for clusters of countries, the 16th...
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Toronto hits net censors
Project offers unrestricted access to the internet, reports Stephen Strauss A Canadian university research project has begun to strike a blow against the mounting efforts by authoritarian governments...
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China surpasses Japan in R&D spending
China has overtaken Japan in research and development spending, making it the world's second highest national research spender, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has claimed...
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Ethics review boards admit breaching US federal rules
Members of institutional review boards at US universities continue to have financial conflicts of interest, raising questions about their objectivity when evaluating the ethics and safety of research...