Shoppers in Preston were treated to a student "fash mob" as undergraduates took to the streets en masse last week to promote an arts festival. Students from the School of Creative and Performing Arts...
There are hopes that a £1.6 million research centre in Scotland could find cures to the world's ills in the depths of the oceans. The University of Aberdeen's Marine Biodiscovery Centre, which opened...
A new website aims to make research more accessible to policy-makers, academics and others working in London's cultural and creative industries. The site, Researching Cultural and Creative Industries...
Scientists and students teamed up to create the gigantic models of flying pterosaurs now terrifying commuters and tourists on London's South Bank. University of Portsmouth palaeobiologists and...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online.
University of Nottingham NingboAndrew MartonAn academic who chose to climb the Great Wall of China rather than collect his doctorate has come full circle by taking up a senior post at the University...
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Mixed response to proposals for private takeovers of public institutions. Simon Baker reports
This week's tweet of the week is:Being able to learn new stuff as you work is great - @ncurrantTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @timeshighered, using the hashtag #loveHE. Our favourite each...
U-Map and U-Multirank fail to solve problems they aimed to fix, study suggests. Hannah Fearn writes
The University of Cambridge could suffer "reputational damage" over its relationship with BP following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, an academic has warned.Gillian Evans, emeritus professor of...
The evidence base for clinical medicine and health policy is "a mess", with major problems affecting journals, regulation and public access to information.Such were the views of Fiona Godlee, editor-...
These paper boats carry a precious cargo: the hopes of hundreds of children.The boats were launched last week outside the University of Sussex's Meeting House as part of Universities Week, which was...
University life is still underpinned by caring values, despite market pressures. Rebecca Attwood writes