Research excellence framework panels must be sure to make absolute rather than relative judgements of submissions to avoid the impression that the quality of the UK research base is in decline, a pro...
Pedagogy postponed as scholars and support staff join huge pension action. John Morgan writes
Exam chief also warns that proposals could work against widening participation. Jack Grove reports
The University of Edinburgh has taken out advertisements in UK national newspapers to explain the new tuition fees system to non- Scottish students because it fears that they do not understand the...
EPSRC policy programme'Don't rush decision,' IoP pleadsThe deadline set by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for final decisions on its "shaping capabilities" programme is too...
Journalism with academic analysis can create material with impact - but will the REF consider it? asks John Mair
The LSE made mistakes in its links with Libya, as Lord Woolf found. Judith Rees, its director, says it will learn from those failings
Combining an academic life with travel writing isn't easy but, as Matthew Reisz discovers, the results can be fascinating
NewcastleKeith Pattison: No RedemptionThe miners' strike of 1984-85 tore apart many long-established communities. Keith Pattison was at Easington Colliery to photograph the events from behind the...
Credit: PerouLa SoiréeRoundhouse, London, until 29 JanuaryNate Cooper arrives on stage on out-of-control roller skates, slipping and sliding in every direction, never managing to find a secure...
One of Poppleton's leading social psychologists, Doctor Mike Goshworthy, has admitted faking many of the results that helped to make him a national media figure.Dr Goshworthy told The Poppletonian...
The murder of a Hell's Angel on the M40 exemplifies the lurking barbarism of men, says Gary Day
An outdated, stylised reality is a missed opportunity for a more interesting narrative, laments Will Brooker
Through her work in adult education and her force of personality, Paula Allman was "revered by those who dream of and work towards ushering in a better world".Born on 17 January 1944 in Chicago, Dr...
Call for 'safe protest zones' as demonstrators face violence on US campuses. Jon Marcus reports