If you've ever wondered why you're addicted to Dan Brown thrillers, passionate about Proust, or obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, Keith Oatley's Such Stuff as Dreams aims to provide an answer.Oatley...
This is an English translation of a book that was first published in Italian four years ago, and that aroused considerable controversy in the author's native Italy.The reasons for the controversy are...
David Matthews reports from Kampala on problems with public funding and academic freedom
Collection of scholarly essays attacks 'distorting' effects of coalition reforms. Simon Baker reports
University sportsGame on for 2012The third Universities Week is to celebrate the higher education sector's contribution to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Running from 30 April to 7 May...
Bath v-c tells Simon Baker how appointment strategy is vital to sector's long-term health
Lessons for UK as book details often inappropriate focus of American institutions. Matthew Reisz writes
The head of University College London's Australian campus has been assured by the nation's immigration minister that it will benefit from relaxed student-visa rules, after concerns that it would be...
IndiaSafe to enter? You'll scare us offIndia's plans to usher in foreign universities could scare off American colleges, an official from the US Department of Commerce has warned. The foreign...
State repeals ban against police on campus after reports of criminal activity. Jack Grove reports
The Greek research system should be overhauled to help boost economic growth, a government-commissioned review has found, as the state-reliant sector faces a squeeze in the nation's debt meltdown.
WELLCOME TRUST INVESTIGATOR AWARDSEach investigator will receive from £500,000 over three years to more than £3 million over seven years.• Award winners: William Cookson and Miriam Moffatt•...
By collaborating to provide careers advice to teenagers, universities will help to broaden outreach, says Tessa Stone
If the University of Wales survives the calls for closure, its leaders need to clarify its purpose, cautions alumnus Deian Hopkin
Research remains male-dominated and the equality guidelines proposed for the REF don't go far enough, says Carole Leathwood