Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist
Tristan Bekinschtein takes a trip with the Che Guevara of cognitive neuroscience
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12 July 2012
Make no bones - Is the UK running headlong towards a major research misconduct scandal?
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Commons revolt
A community can run wisely and well without market values, Alan Ryan says
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Leader: Box ticked, but job not yet done
The UK's new research integrity concordat is an insufficient bulwark against the high risk of a future storm over misconduct
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Odds and quads
These works all form part of the New Hall Art Collection, one of the most significant assemblages of women's art in Europe. It is housed in what is now Murray Edwards College, one of the University...
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Research intelligence - The prodigal returns to open arms
Impact makes Australian comeback after successful UK tour. Paul Jump reports
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Utopias: A Brief History from Ancient Writings to Virtual Communities, by Howard P. Segal
Utopianism is in a bad way. Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany and Pol Pot’s Kampuchea are regularly disinterred as terrifying examples of humanity’s attempts to actualise ideal societies, with...
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Record donation to support poorest Oxford undergraduates
The University of Oxford has received a record £75 million donation that will be used to support disadvantaged undergraduates.
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No U-turn ahead on overseas students, says Green
The immigration minister has told a cross-party group of MPs that any reports suggesting that the government will remove international students from net migration figures are not true.
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Animal use in experiments continues to rise
The number of animals used in scientific research in the UK rose by 2 per cent last year, figures from the Home Office show.
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You only live twice: Bond girl's painful journey to time renewed
An academic psychologist has joined forces with a former Bond girl and her film director husband to create a television documentary about the after-effects of brain injury.
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Framework 7 goes out with an €8 billion bang
The European Union will tomorrow launch a call for bids for €8.1 billion (£6.4 billion) in research funding as part of the final year of its Framework 7 programme.
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Decline and fall: Ucas confirms big drop in applications
University applications by English students have dropped by 10 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Inside Higher Ed: Google at the gates
By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
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New powers of refusal announced for student visas
The government has announced plans to give border staff new powers to refuse international students a visa as part of a programme of targeted interviews for applicants.