Teesside University will lose almost a fifth of its teaching money in 2011-12 compared with its original grant allocation for this year after a £6.6 million clawback by the funding council, figures...
Universities aim to reconnect with the philanthropic tradition in bid to counter cuts, writes Hannah Fearn
Keele's plan to shut philosophy and ethics units is a 'disaster', say scholars. John Morgan reports
Journal retractionSpace claims seem to not add upA mathematics journal has retracted a paper by an Indian mathematician who claimed that science and spirituality "came from space", the Retraction...
Move to concentrate doctoral funding comes as post-92 objections rumble on, writes Paul Jump
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTInternational NetworksBasic sciences• Award winner: Louise Harra• Institution: University College London• Value: £124,677Probing the Sun: inside and out• Award winner: Kevin Flynn...
Ethical downfalls are not the result of single acts, but rather the daily erosion of moral standards, says Stefano Harney
The German government minister who was accused of plagiarism really just wants to be loved, claims Christopher Reid
Steve Smith discusses the fundamental dilemmas that knowledge economies face over funding mass education systems and research
Taking inspiration from the top US universities has encouraged this South Korean institution to reach for the stars.
Is the prolific writer and broadcaster Niall Ferguson a 'proper' historian? The Scot tells Matthew Reisz that reaching a mass audience is a serious business - but not as serious as the decline in...
Charleston, East SussexGarden FestivalCharleston, the residence of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, was the country home-from-home for the whole Bloomsbury Group. The house has long hosted a...
Watteau: The DrawingsSackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Art, LondonJean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) is best known for paintings of dreamy mythological scenes and aristocratic picnics known as fêtes...
Brian Bryan, our Deputy Head of REF Strategy, has defended Hefce's decision to omit Polish and Portuguese speakers from its new modern languages subpanel for the research excellence framework.He...
Through her work as a local champion of the rights of the lowest-paid staff in higher education, Sheena Grant also became a national figure in the trade union movement.She was born in Aberdeen on 14...