Students swear by module of 'obscenely hard' work
Professor who practises what he preaches sees class enrolment soar. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Protests as Kent says goodbye to 'weakest links'
The University of Kent is making up to 11 academics compulsorily redundant, including four professors in its School of Biosciences, on the grounds that their research and teaching performance is not...
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HR is surprise area of interdisciplinary strength
For academics wary of managerialism, it may come as a shock to learn that "human resources management and public policy" is the UK's strongest area of interdisciplinary research.An analysis by the...
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Wales wants governors not cheerleaders
Reviews foreshadow change in the governance and shape of sector and HEFCW. Hannah Fearn reports
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#loveHE: The academy trek: a transformative journey into a world of potential
Sir Patrick Stewart describes the delights of higher education, the dangers it faces and how Huddersfield lured him home
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Daytime TV: Realm of the senses
The web is a force for good - or not, learns Gary Day. Are young people distracted or thinking differently?
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Top institutions in materials science
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-October 2009
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Plagiarism probe sees UK scholar quit Belgian post
A British academic has resigned from his post at a Belgian university after being accused of plagiarising the PhD thesis of a member of the Finnish Parliament.Martin Stone, a professor of philosophy...
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Tony, George and Adolf's fighting talk
Scholar addresses rhetoric's deadly role in turning 'jaw-jaw' into 'war-war'. Matthew Reisz reports
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Social scientists aim to save 'fragile flower' from retrenchment frost
Academics prepare to defend the discipline from the pruning scissors. Matthew Reisz reports
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Grant winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILAbout EUR515 million (£465.5 million) has been awarded by the ERC to the winners of its second Advanced Grants competition. The awards, worth up to EUR3.5 million apiece, are...
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Blog Confidential: Onward, Christian bias
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
University of NorthamptonNick PetfordNick Petford is to take over as vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton when Ann Tate retires after eight years in charge. Professor Petford, pro vice-...
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Tear a strip off sweatshops
Full-frontal nudity hit campuses in the UK, the US and Canada as students stripped to protest against sweatshop manufacturing. Mark Rogers, a PhD student at Durham University, was among those to...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Finders, keepers?
A law lecturer has published a paper examining whether "freegans" - people who help themselves to things other people have thrown away - are guilty of theft. The study, by Sean Thomas, senior...