21 h. ago Fruit, veg and nut diet ‘could prevent around 15 million deaths globally’

Experts say the planetary health diet is linked to a 27% reduced risk of premature death and fewer cases of diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

Events

45 h. ago University hails £475,000 fund into ‘groundbreaking’ eczema technology

Heriot-Watt said the device could help those with psoriasis and ‘revolutionise how eczema is diagnosed and treated’.

Economics

7 d. ago New Scotland college and university funding analysis shows 'most colleges are not sustainable'

The stark financial position of Scotland’s universities and colleges has been laid bare in new analysis from the Scottish Funding Council.

Culture

1 week ago Judge orders Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding to UCLA

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles

Economics

1 week ago Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds

Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areasThe heads of UK physics departments say their subject is facing a national crisis as one in four warns that their university departments are in danger of closing because of funding pressures.In an anonymous survey of department heads by the Institute of Physics (IoP), 26% said they faced potential closure of their department within the next two years, while 60% said they expected courses to be reduced. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are not being struck off, research finds

Analysis reveals 24% of guilty doctors handed suspensions but are allowed to keep working in medicineUK doctors who are guilty of sexual misconduct are not being appropriately sanctioned due to weak disciplinary processes, research reveals.Nearly a quarter (24%) of doctors found guilty of sexual misconduct were handed suspensions but allowed to continue working in medicine, according to analysis of fitness to practice tribunals by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). This is despite the regulator, the General Medical Council (GMC), recommending they be struck off the medical register. Continue reading...

Science

2 w. ago Israeli government facing demands to allow Gaza students with Scots uni places to travel to the UK

The Sunday Mail has highlighted Shaymaa's case who has a fully funded scholarship for a PhD in English Literature at Edinburgh University.

Politics

2 w. ago UC Berkeley names 160 staff and faculty to Trump administration as part of antisemitism investigation

Investigation comes as Trump administration has pursued over $1 billion in funding cuts and settlements from prominent University of California schools

Politics

3 w. ago Readers Letters: Solve budgets crisis by amalgamating universities

Amalgamating institutions could be the answer to the universities funding crisis, says reader

Events

4 w. ago Recognition for Cream o' Galloway and The Ethical Dairy founder from Scotland's Rural College

David Finlay, who launched the businesses at Rainton Farm with late wife Wilma, has been awarded an honorary fellowship.

Politics

4 w. ago DWP announces fund for 300,000 people as 'benefit cut' act becomes law

The Universal Credit Act, which cuts funding for some people on sickness and disability benefits, has been signed into law

Politics

4 w. ago Trump unlawfully cancelled $2.2bn in Harvard research grants, judge rules

Decision marks major victory for school after White House accused it of not addressing harassment of Jewish studentsA federal judge on Wednesday ruled Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the Ivy League school.The decision by US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston marked a major legal victory for Harvard as it seeks to cut a deal that could bring an end to the White House’s multi-front conflict with the country’s oldest and richest university. Continue reading...

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