Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 - an event whose 20th anniversary is now imminent - the history and culture of the German capital have triggered lively interest at home and abroad...
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Forms of Becoming: The Evolutionary Biology of DevelopmentBy Alessandro Minelli, professor of zoology, University of Padova. Princeton University Press, £16...
1 Blackstone’s Statutes on Contract, Tort and Restitution 2008-2009, Revised Edition edited by Francis RoseOxford University Press, £14.99ISBN 97801992381322 Nature and Art by Elizabeth Inchbald,...
Designed to meet the unique requirements of teams studying the behaviour of plants and social insects, the University of Sheffield's new Arthur Willis Building presented a number of unusual...
UCA defends review process that resulted in more than 50 redundancies. Melanie Newman reports
EU ministers pressed to spur progress on mobility and wider participation. Hannah Fearn reports
As education ministers gathered in Belgium to discuss progress in the Bologna Process this week, lobby groups from across Europe were scrabbling to make their voices heard.Jan Figel', the European...
A partnership between two Scottish universities that share a joint graduate law school is being broken up despite discussions over a potential merger between the institutions.The Glasgow Graduate...
Czech RepublicEx-KKK head's lecture cancelledA lecture by David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, that was planned to take place at a university in the Czech Republic has been cancelled by the...
China targets 2,000 top academics with Thousand Talents plan. Carolynne Wheeler reports
Twitter divides opinion, but some scholars view it as a tool that could benefit their work. Jesse Whittock reports
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILThree research hubs to develop digital technology in UK universities have been announced. They will share £36 million from the EPSRC under the first...
Using his work on DNA to treat cancer has won Stephen Jackson a prize, but he hopes it improves the blue-skies outlook
A critically acclaimed author has joined Birmingham City University as director of its National Academy of Writing. Richard Beard, who has published several books, including Muddied Oafs - The Soul...
The internet is unravelling intellectual ownership, but without citation, academia's shared conversation will be lost, writes Kathryn Sutherland