A concentration camp survivor who was hidden by friends close to Anne Frank's house was due to give the University of Wolverhampton's annual Holocaust lecture this week. Martin Stern was set to give...
British children eat 5.5 billion packed lunches a year, but research from the University of Leeds shows that only 1 per cent of their lunch boxes are suitably nutritional. The study, commissioned by...
A programme at the University of Bolton aims to have an impact on the statistic that 75 per cent of children in state care leave school with no qualifications - and less than one in 100 go on to...
The recent cold snap saw the burden of lectures, essay marking and research impact proposals fleetingly forgotten for the delights of snowmen, snow angels and snowball fights. Although the sub-zero...
This is one of the few complete skeletons of Megaloceros giganteus, the largest member of the deer family known to science.Though sometimes called an "Irish elk", the animal ranged across Europe and...
Businessman complains to ASA over 'misleading' brand slogan. Hannah Fearn reports
ChinaChinese burns for Yale benefactorA Chinese graduate who made an $8,888,888 (£5,444,076) donation to Yale University has sparked an online backlash by overlooking his home alma mater. Zhang Lei...
Forum reveals key divergence in approaches to academy funding. John Morgan reports
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: Mark PollardInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £426,125Below the salt: a study of the human remains and associated material from the salt mine...
Gregory Ioannidis has more than just legal theory to share with his students - he also has an interesting case history
The director of the Institute of Education, University of London is to retire after a decade in the post. Geoff Whitty, an expert on education policy, teacher education and curriculums, started the...
Academics rally to defend 'inspiring' historian who faces possible redundancy. Matthew Reisz reports
The deadline for entries to the second annual Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards (Thelmas) is approaching, with submissions due in by the end of next week.Last year the awards,...
Research monitoringData collection responsibilitiesA consultation has been launched on "Big Brother"-style plans to monitor the outcomes of work funded by Research Councils UK. Under the proposed...
Sexual harassment 'normalised' in Ghana and Tanzania, research discovers. John Morgan writes