Social science

A good primer on US law fails to look beyond the parochial in this global age, says Terence Kealey

In her new role at Edge Hill, psychologist Tanya Byron is keen to encourage troubled young people to excel in education

With the REF research assessment has come of age but much still needs to be done, says David Eastwood

Links between IQ, class and wealth are real - but the social values that forged this chain are not immutable, Wendy Johnson observes

Lee Harvey quits after suspension amid revelations of prior clash with chief executive. John Gill reports

... but our tastes are swayed by price, packaging and other social psychological factors in ways we're often unaware of. Matthew Kieran considers the fragility of aesthetic opinions in the latest in our fortnightly series allowing academics to step outside their field of expertise

Higher IQs mean upper-class domination is 'natural', academic says. Rebecca Attwood reports

Fashionable approach is long on rhetoric but short on interaction, says study. John Gill reports

Radhakrishnan Nayar on 'de-Westernisation'

Brian Black finds insightful commentary on Zen's opposing voices, but no road map to a middle way

Inquiry found fictional campaign fostered deception and compromised academic probity, says John Gill

Raquel A. G. Reyes explores the fascinating world of the human senses and their cultural diversity

Ex-policeman Graeme Pearson, head of a new centre to study serious crime, is keen to develop ways to curtail its global reach

Award recognises a role model who enables legal students to help others. Melanie Newman writes

Romantic attractions between teacher and student may be as old as pedagogy itself, but now such relationships cause people to worry about abuses of power and litigation. Only half of institutions have any guidelines on such relationships. Are they needed? asks Hannah Fearn

The Earth is suffering from CO2 overload. Anthony Giddens asks how we can limit climate change

Lynne Segal is not entirely seduced by arguments for the innate naughtiness of God's chosen people

Edinburgh and Cambridge universities to set up Muslim research centres. Olga Wojtas reports

Julia King, charged with the review of low-carbon cars, talks to John Gill about energy efficiency