In 1937, the middle-aged "Miss" Stella Browne, when giving evidence to the UK Government's Interdepartmental Committee on Abortion, delivered a thunderbolt - she told the committee that she knew from...
The term "bastard culture" refers to unofficial culture. Although Mirko Tobias Schäfer does not dwell on this in much detail, it derives from "bastard pop", the transformation of two music recordings...
Hundreds of academics, writers and other campaigners from across the world have signed a "manifesto" calling on the coalition government and UK universities to reverse policies that they say are...
Besides costs, applicants are swayed by a surprising range of factors, poll finds. Sarah Cunnane reports
By restoring cuts made to Oscar Wilde's work, we gain insights into the political forces underpinning censorship, says Nicholas Frankel
The table above lists the top 20 journals in anthropology by citation impact for the period 1 January 2001 to 28 February 2011. These journals range in focus from general to subfield-specific,...
JapanQuake costs universities billionsFour Japanese universities have estimated that the damage caused to them by the earthquake earlier this year will total ¥90 billion (£679 million). According to...
Academics claim that big corporate giver is allowed to vet professors, reports John Morgan
A newly released study suggests that the huge increase in Chinese research output is starting to be matched by a similar rise in the quality of its basic science.
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsHumanities• Award winner: Simon Hillson• Institution: University College London• Value: £101,806Do larger molars and robust jaws in early hominins represent...
'Knee-jerk' reactions to minister's musings endanger sector, v-cs claim. Simon Baker writes
Going to university has become a "middle-class shibboleth" that reinforces social divisions and prevents the poor from accessing higher education to improve their life chances.To remedy the situation...
UCU to ballot over 'seriously disruptive action' as employers get their way. John Morgan reports
Journals are rightly seen as the "marketing arm of the pharmaceutical industry", according to the editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal.
MPs find council out of touch with researchers, with science suffering as a result, writes Paul Jump