No artistis an island
How can lecturers assess a degree show that is: a) collective and b) full of art by very famous artists? The Leeds 13 give their view. At the time of writing, five of our tutors at the University of...
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In the stare of ravens
A student audience can unnerve the most experienced lecturer. Sean Neill analyses the hidden threats in looks and locations. At Twycross Zoo there used to be (probably still is) a red-faced uakari...
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An anatomist with her fingers on the pulse
Susie Whiten, winner of the 'Higher' Science Teacher of the Year prize awarded by The THES and the Royal Institution, talks to Alison Utley about her work as an anatomist. What makes a teacher...
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Star Turn
Melody Mellor meets a man who makes his adult students relive the sex and class warfare waged by 19th-century novelists. "It's a terminal condition, masculinity, and there's usually no cure," said...
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Researchers hoping to ride the new wave
Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime caused by violent events such as colliding black holes or exploding stars, writes Alison Goddard. First predicted by Albert Einstein in 1915...
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Pinning down gravity
Paul Bompard reports on several projects to detect and analyse gravitational waves. Two stainless steel pipes, 3 kilometres long, will soon be striking their way through the Tuscan countryside 15...
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How researchers are silenced by 'pact with the devil'
Confidentiality agreements are undermining the freedom of medical scholars across North America, reports Jon Marcus. Calling it "the greatest academic scandal of our time", North American faculty...
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Poll positioning
Kissing babies may have been an effective way of winning votes in the past, but today's politicians rely on techniques that are rather more sophisticated, according to researchers at Lancaster...
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Scientists examine North Atlantic 'sink'
Scientists from Plymouth and Southampton are among a group meeting in Bremen to decide how global warming is affecting the North Atlantic. They will examine ten years of data on oceanic levels of...
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An audience with the stones
The fossil record has much to teach modern-day geneticists about structural development, says palaeontologist Geoff Watts. Fossils and genes are icons from the opposite ends of the biological...
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Cutting edge
The study of chromosomal abnormalities is broadening our understanding of the human brain and child development. One of the challenges confronting those with an interest in child development and...
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Tailored training sought
Swedish body calls for a broader training of researchers to meet the needs of graduate students and business. Michael de Laine reports. The Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF), which...
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The gift that keeps giving
Universities and students have benefited equally from the Carnegie Trust for nearly100 years. Olga Wojtas reports on plans to bring guest professors to its centenary celebrations. In 1901,...
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Scottish grants oil the wheels of change
Support for the offshore oil and gas industry, modern language learning and the technology of thin film coatings are among 17 projects backed by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to help...
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Oxford to introduce part-time degrees
Oxford University is planning to establish a part-time degree for mature students as part of a raft of sweeping reforms aimed at addressing its access problems. Female students and pupils from...