Howard Davies and Maria Zhivitskaya say French critics of a new law allowing foreign-language instruction are simply fighting lost battles
Teacher-turned-scholar Jon Berry sends a message to the education minister on the theory behind best practice
Economic and Social Research CouncilTransformative Research Call: ‘Transforming’ Social ScienceMaximum limit of £250,000: the funding will run for 18 months.Award winner: George Davey...
Woolwich murder reignites debate over university extremism. Hanna Ibraheem reports
Foreign study achieved by fair means or foul poses challenge for West’s universities, writes Jon Marcus
United StatesDr? No, I never said thatA prestigious US scholarly society has defended its president against accusations that she falsely claimed on at least two grant proposals to have a doctorate....
They wanted to believe, and so they believed. That seems to be the consensus among critics of the policy called austerity, including the anti-austerian, Nobel prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz...
The continuing impact on the UK of refugee academics from around the world has been celebrated in an event at the House of Lords to mark the 80th anniversary of the Council for Assisting Refugee...
Anthropologist gets her hands dirty with the Big Apple’s sanitation workers. Jon Marcus reports
Debate on the global university hears that trial and error leads to patents. Matthew Reisz writes
Psychology lecturer’s work on sex advice honoured at the Erotic Awards. Chris Parr reports
This wall forms part of the third and last Merzbau (or sculptural installation), constructed by the celebrated collagist Kurt Schwitters in his Lake District barn. It is now on permanent display in...
Five million pages available, from official reports to cinematic ephemera. Matthew Reisz writes
Student loansRules fixed for private providersThe government has published final guidance on the new process for allowing privately funded higher education providers access to publicly funded Student...
Learn from Met record or get stuck on repeatHow well acquainted is Michael Shattock with London Metropolitan University? (“‘The best board I ever sat on’”, 30 May.) In drawing parallels between HBOS...