University Business Features

Guarding Your Property

Lucy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:27:06 +0000

Innovation is the lifeblood of universities, and owning the rights to your ideas or selling your research capability can be a lucrative income from any university’s primary resource: innovation.

Philanthropic Funding

Dan Butt — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:54:04 +0000

Oxford is reaching for the skies with its ambitious new funding drive. UB delves into the world of high finance.

Summer Schools

Dan Butt — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:48:53 +0000

In a bid to encourage a wider diversity of students into Higher Education, UK summer schools are making the grade.

Security in Salford

Dan Butt — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:38:05 +0000

As security becomes an increasingly important issue for the sector, we speak to Christine Rice of Salford University about how the CampusWatch scheme is making the campus safe.

Green IT

Dan Butt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:03:31 +0000

Sustainability is sweeping the sector and the focus is moving from buildings and residences to IT systems.

Appliance of Science

Dan Butt — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:53:15 +0000

Research is big business as universities attract high-profile, big-budget commercial partners with their academic prowess. We explore some universities working with the commercial sector.

University Property Portfolio

Dan Butt — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:48:16 +0000

Institutional mergers and historical donations have left some of the UKâ€™s universities with valuable real-estate assets that can easily be converted to acquire modern-day commodities.

â€œA remarkable opportunity to build something truly world-classâ€

Dan Butt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:47:19 +0000

City University Londonâ€™s new Chief Operating Officer, Henrietta Royle, talks about moving from the commercial sector to Higher Education.

Legal Opinion

Dan Butt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:46:56 +0000

Corporate manslaughter law is changing, making it easier to convict universities. We speak to three top education lawyers about how this change could affect the sector.

Computing Colossus

mattrobinson — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 +0000

As increasingly cutting-edge research takes place in our universities, thereâ€™s more of a need to have the IT power to match. And itâ€™s not just in traditional fields of research either.