Systems failure
A scandal involving clinical trials based on research that was riddled with errors shows that journals, institutions and individuals must raise their standards, argues Darrel Ince
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Words as weapons
Study of the best that has been thought and said is under attack. Fred Inglis turns to F.R. Leavis for the ordnance with which to defend the humanities
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Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
A scientific explanation for human moral values is far from straightforward, reveals Margaret Boden
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The Coalition and the Constitution
As UK citizens go to the polls on AV, Paul Whiteley is impressed by an analysis of joint governance
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The Making of Modern Medicine: Turning Points in the Treatment of Disease
In his work Six Memos for the Next Millennium, Italo Calvino urges consideration of brevity as a positive and welcome attribute in writing, but it is unlikely that he had in mind a book quite as thin...
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Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses
By now, books, articles and blogs about the virtues and vices of online distance learning are hardly new, and are frequently repetitive. But Taylor Walsh's Unlocking the Gates is different. She...
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Ashes and Sparks: Essays on Law and Justice
Michael King takes a look at legal, human rights and societal issues from a lawyer's perspective
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The Lost Children: Reconstructing Europe's Families after World War II
Over the past decade, historians working on the Second World War have shifted their attention from the origins of the conflict to its impact. Fighting across the world between 1939 and 1945 led to...
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Zero Degrees of Empathy: A New Theory of Human Cruelty
Simon Baron-Cohen, the eminent researcher into autism, has set himself a mission. He wishes to convince us to jettison talk of "evil", and focus instead on the concept of empathy deficiency. For him...
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Top 30 Research Institutions in Oceanography
Top 30 Research Institutions in OceanographyData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-December 2010 Organisation and nationHighly cited papers...
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Poor English a key diagnosis for failure to make PhD grade
Admissions standards cited as Derby and others explain doctoral failures. Paul Jump reports
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Study urges 'equitable' treatment for private providers
The government might consider offering private colleges cash incentives to encourage them to take over or merge with failing public institutions, a report says.
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London Met applicants trapped in limbo by course closures and Ucas deadline
Students who applied for courses now being shut down by London Metropolitan University face a desperate search for places at other institutions.
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In new world order, overseas institutions could enter UK patch
Ex-president of UUK predicts shifting trade winds for global higher education. John Morgan reports
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Incentivise grant successes, not attempts, says Manchester's research chief
Universities need to move away from rewarding academics for the volume of grant applications they submit, a senior figure has warned.