On paper, the government is committed to revitalising neighbourhoods in a "community-led" way. But community consultation can end up as nothing more than the local authorities' equivalent of market-...
Universities must set targets for promoting under-represented staff, says Gargi Bhattacharyya The phone rings on a weary Friday afternoon: "Quotas - what do you think about quotas? Are you in favour...
Alison Goddard reports on a powerful successor to the net being developed by British scientists. British scientists are developing a successor to the internet that will give researchers access not...
Liquid salts used as solvents could revolutionise industrial processes. Geoff Watts looks at work on the reusable, green alternative. Leave the top off a jar, barrel or tank of dry-cleaning fluid,...
France should develop a new-generation synchrotron on its own territory, a parliamentary committee has unanimously concluded, flatly contradicting former research minister Claude All gre's decision...
A radical programme to integrate the European Union's research activities has been set up by EU government leaders, with potentially far-reaching implications for universities, research organisations...
The view from the window seat of the jet bound for your next holiday should soon be even more spectacular. Scientists have discovered why aircraft windows acquire the cross-hatched pattern of...
Evolutionary scientist Kelly McLain and colleagues from Georgia State University argue in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour that if fathers question whether their children look suspiciously...
Gibbets, daggers and Sinatra-style voice warm-ups... Olga Wotjas has a backstage pass to Glasgow's Stow College Room 523 in Glasgow's Stow College is like any other drably functional seminar room in...
"The assertion that quality is at risk because of current workloads is deeplyoffensive, misleading and wrong," said Derek Crothall, pro vice-chancellor atthe University of Lincolnshire and Humberside...
A shipwrecked pirate chaser off Mull has given an insight into another age. Olga Wojtas reports. At the age of 60, Colin Martin, reader in maritime archaeology at St Andrews University's school of...
Management jargon and red tape is invading learning. Pat Leon meets a professor fighting the paperwork and aiming to cut the cackle. Something is troubling the world of academic assessors, the people...
(Photograph) - Montreal's McGill University students relax despite exam-period stress. Enterprising colleagues from the university's school of physical and occupational therapy gave them a work-over...
As the budget boosts incentives for fundraising and enterprise, a new report shows how top research universities are already pulling away from the rest of the pack. Claire Sanders reports. A few...
Leeds University has submitted a complaint to Nominet, the internet regulatory authority, after a Leeds Metropolitan student refused to hand over the ownership of a website called leeds- uni.co.uk....