Cornwall looks for credit
A NEW university in Cornwall could become a testbed for regional credit accumulation and transfer, its supporters say. Managers at Exeter University, which has hit problems in setting up a campus at...
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MPs blast council for ocean centre cost
IN A STORMY session last week, the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee demanded answers to what one MP called the "mess" surrounding the Southampton Oceanography Centre. The centre opened two...
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Monograph debut for PSA-Routledge
A subject group and a commercial publisher are set to reverse the trend of recent academic publishing by starting a new monograph series, writes Huw Richards. The deal has still to be sealed formally...
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Academic-turned-MP rises to PPS position
Meteorology was never Tony McNulty's academic field, but he is happy to tell anybody about clouds and silver linings: "I thought it was the end of the world when I did not get on to the education and...
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Caledonian selects principal
A management expert at Sheffield Hallam University will be the new principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, succeeding Stan Mason, who was fired last September for gross misconduct. Ian Johnston,...
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US to join libraries' campaign
Top university libraries in the United States are expected next week to join European counterparts in condemning the rising control being imposed by publishers on the pricing and licensing of...
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Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer planned merger collapses
Library groups' fears over the Pounds 20 billion planned merger of publishing firms Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer were allayed when it collapsed this week following objections by the European...
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Suicide is all in the head
Next Wednesday is European Brain Day. The THES gets cerebral In response to some changes, the adult brain may reconfigure and, in the process, kills some of it cells. Changing socks is not sufficient...
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Ecstacy demand high during anti-drugs push
The "Sorted" anti-drugs poster campaign that followed the death of teenager Leah Betts was counterproductive, says a researcher at the University of Teesside, who found that demand for Ecstacy...
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High price of trade in counterfeit goods
A growing trade in fake goods, estimated at Pounds 300 million, could seriously damage the British economy, says Andrew Clark, senior lecturer in law at Warwick University. He says counterfeit goods...
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Crabby cabbies top list of aggressive drivers
Taxi drivers are the most impatient and aggressive group of motorists, researchers at the University of Teesside have found. Dave Woodhouse and Jonathan Auty surveyed 100 motorists to see how they...
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How do parents decide to bring up baby?
Medics at Leicester University are investigating how parents from different social groups decide to rear their children. It is hoped that the study will lead to childcare advice that can be tailored...
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Genome project works to improve dogs' life
Leicester University scientists and the Animal Health Trust are leading an international project aimed at sniffing out genes that cause inherited diseases in dogs. The Canine Genome Project should...
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Risky Americans beat Britons at start-ups
Americans are much more pro-active entrepreneurs than the British, research for the Economic and Social Research Council has found. Americans show a greater willingness to put work before family and...
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Legal aid for Lesotho's tourism industry
LEGAL experts from the University of Abertay Dundee are helping Lesotho, one of the world's smallest countries, develop laws to govern investment in its fledgling tourist industry. Researchers from...