Southampton/Cambridge - Unlucky break
A major international study on osteoporosis led in the UK by scientists from two universities has found women with the condition suffer more if they had broken a bone when they were younger. The...
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University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - I'll have what she's having
Women follow the crowd when it comes to sexual attraction, according to Welsh scientists. Psychologists from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff have found a scientific reason why female...
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University of Bristol - Whisper in my ear
Scientists have discovered that a species of bat "whispers" its ultrasonic call so that its prey - in particular, moths - cannot hear it coming. The researchers from the University of Bristol's...
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Aston University - Information systems go
The UK's first master's in information systems and business analysis has been launched. Following consultation with international employers, Aston University developed the course with a focus on how...
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University of Leeds - Stick the kettle on
The amount of energy needed to cope with peak demand for electricity could be halved by a new way of storing excess energy. Spikes in demand, such as those that occur during breaks in major televised...
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University of Aberdeen - The Führer's fibs
A historian has uncovered new archive material and personal documents belonging to Adolf Hitler, calling into question the popular understanding of the origins of the Third Reich. Thomas Weber, a...
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Cor blimey, guvnor!
Yer 'avin' a Steffi, ain't yer? The old David brown bread in firty donkey's. Sez oo?Says Paul Kerswill, professor of sociolinguistics at Lancaster University, who claims the cockney language will...
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Old and new cloisters ring to the march of the managers
Academic and support staff report shift to culture of commerce, paper reveals. John Morgan writes
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Odds and quads
This silver plaque appears above the urinals in the men's lavatory at the University of Pennsylvania's Van Pelt Library.Businessman and philanthropist Michael Zinman, who claims to lack a "stop gene...
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Charities no panacea for ill effects of medical cuts
Researchers fear scalpel will be taken to specialist areas, with terrible results. Hannah Fearn writes
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THE World University Rankings
One of the things that I have been keen to do as editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings is to engage as much as possible with our harshest critics.
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#LoveHE: Tabula rasa
Student life gave Roxanne Pallett a blank canvas from which to reinvent herself and the confidence to follow her dreams
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Share the love: an open exchange of ideas will promote innovation
We have the technology to share knowledge, says Malcolm Read, but researchers need to work towards a culture of openness
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The week in higher education
The celebrity status enjoyed by University of Manchester physicist Brian Cox reached new heights on 19 August when he was unveiled as a guest columnist in The Sun. Professor Cox used his full-page...
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The appliance of extra science is no economic panacea
Analysis finds no correlation between number of STEM graduates and growth. John Morgan reports