Prevent language death
In June 2013, the University of Salford announced that it would close its modern languages department. Following the local University and College Union branch’s resolution to support colleagues...
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‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer
Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’
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Puttnam calls for bold IT strategy
The education business may soon offer commercial opportunities that dwarf those of the entertainment industry, Sir David Puttnam believes. Multimedia producers in the United Kingdom have in their...
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Welsh research: punching above its weight
Wales does quite well from its small research base, but it can do better, says Peter Halligan
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DNA pioneer Jeffreys wins Royal Society award
The academic who developed genetic fingerprinting has won what is believed to be the world’s oldest scientific prize
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New Year Honours 2015: Marina Warner and Nigel Thrift among those recognised
Award-winning writer and scholar Marina Warner and Warwick vice-chancellor Nigel Thrift are among those recognised in the New Year Honours
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Campus close-up: Coventry University
‘Captain Cyborg’ Kevin Warwick on how a new research focus and 200 extra staff can help the institution rise up the rankings
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Campus close-up: Bath Spa University
West Country campus focuses on student exchange schemes and boosting overseas intake
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A new industrial policy: creating the conditions for manufacturing to thrive
Brussels, 5 October 2005 In the face of globalisation and intense international competition, the European Commission has today launched a new, more integrated industrial policy to create better...
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‘India effect’ hits STEM subjects, peers hear
Overseas student numbers dropping overall in science due to Indian demand
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Government defends innovation policy
The government has defended its innovation policy after criticisms that the lack of a coherent strategy was harming UK business.
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Campus close-up: Falmouth University
A specialist multi-arts university aims to help its students to become entrepreneurial
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Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, by Gordon Young
Sherry Lee Linkon on a ‘community of memory’ fighting for a place called home
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Turbulent and Mighty Continent: What Future for Europe?, by Anthony Giddens
Roger Morgan on a peer’s review of Brussels’ weaknesses
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Six trends in campus design
Landmarks, ‘starchitecture’, green reuse, city-centre strategies: Chris Parr on forces shaping the sector’s bricks and mortar