How to be happy: a sociologist's view of #HEhappiness
What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Finance expert Martin Lewis likens government to 'illegal loan shark' on 'disastrous' threshold freeze

Raising graduate repayments bar to £25k hikes level of public subsidy for system to 45 per cent, says respected research institute

Researchers Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne recognised for their work on the international Ligo project

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

Fringe events debate funding, Brexit and the social capital of knowing Jo Johnson, John Morgan reports

Sir David Bell reacts to HE participation rate figures

US researchers Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young take prize for studies on circadian rhythm

Theresa May’s goal of achieving fee differentiation steps into ‘minefield’, sector figures warn

Viewed by many academics as an impostor subject, media studies is more critical than ever, says Louise Byrne

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Stephen Toope says universities must continue to work across borders even as societies become more inward looking

Breaking free from Madrid may reduce bureaucracy for universities, but could endanger funding

US survey finds development of curiosity, leadership and work ethic unaffected by length of international experience