The universities of Oxford and Cambridge merit their reputation as exceptional institutions because they outshine their supposed rivals in the UK.Although a handful of other universities are often...
Urgent attempts are being made to contact Dr Piercemüller of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies following allegations in a Sunday newspaper that he is the author of the explicit blog...
We bring home mementoes because we want a tangible memory of a time or place. Ulrike Zitzlsperger ponders souvenirs and how they reshape history
Discarding 'unsuitable' proof in policymaking is foolhardy, warns Kevin Fong
Italy's more progressive academics are still smarting from the 2009 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings. Despite some hair-splitting over the weighting of the criteria, few have...
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A government strategy promises more access to digital material and more freedom to use it. Zoe Corbyn reports
Competing mission groups risk undermining the message that all universities are valuable and deserve continued support
The rector of Imperial College London has resigned amid speculation about a clash with his chair of governors - a factor in several similar departures in the sector this year.Sir Roy Anderson, who...
African students are to be helped to conserve their heritage under plans for a new UK university-led centre in Zambia. The University of Liverpool's School of Classics, Archaeology and Egyptology is...
Four thousand microscopic worms were due to be sent into space this week as part of a project by physiologists at the University of Nottingham studying muscle loss. The Caenorhabditis elegans worms,...
School textbooks are used to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study. Matthias vom Hau, a researcher at the Brooks World Poverty Institute at the University of Manchester, studied hundreds of...
A centre for research on social conventions is to be launched at the University of Kent this week. The Centre for Research on Social Climate aims to explore how social convention informs and shapes...
Research has challenged a key assumption on which carbon emission targets are based ahead of next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The findings of the University of...
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are on the lookout for tomato-loving volunteers to take part in a study to confirm whether the fruit can help to prevent heart disease. Mediterranean...