Get them to give generously
Malcolm Gillies on how to encourage alumni donations

Malcolm Gillies on how to encourage alumni donations

The high camp of Behind the Candelabra conceals an old-fashioned love story, Duncan Wu writes

Rationality yields to sentimentality in an Occupy Wall Street-inspired call for direct action, Fred Inglis finds

The interwoven tale of the fight over rubber and a visionary surveyor captivates Robert Mayhew

Crowdsourcing is invaluable to researchers, but why do people do it and how can their interest be maintained?

Royal Institution provokes online backlash over decision to trademark title
I was disappointed by the lack of challenge in “State of independence could prove costly, Scots warned” (News, 23 May). In Scotland, we are being bombarded relentlessly with scare stories about...

Academics and others discuss a typical working week

The Science Museum Group may completely close one of its three museums outside London, its director has said.

The University of Salford has confirmed plans to close virtually all courses in modern languages, politics and contemporary history and shut down an entire school “to secure the future of the...

Fewer British universities are hitting their overseas student recruitment targets this year in the wake of the government’s visa changes and Indian student numbers have again been hit, according to...

Groups of universities could raise funding for postgraduate student loans by issuing bonds, a report by the thinktank CentreForum has suggested.
A student Islamic society has apologised after a video was posted on its Facebook site claiming the killing of a soldier in Woolwich was a government hoax.

Shaun Lawson on the blooming of a long-held ambition

Moving medical education and research funding to the Department of Health would “pose a significant threat to the UK’s leading position” in the fields, medical schools have warned George Osborne.