An innovative research system that calculates the effect of tax and social-security benefits across Europe has been awarded EUR4.5 million (£4.03 million). The Euromod system, hosted by the Institute...
Paul Cartledge has taken up Cambridge's first new Classics chair for decades, and is keen on a spot of iconoclasm
Janet Beer, vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, has been elected chair of the University Alliance, the collection of pre- and post-1992 universities that are not members of the sector's...
Neil Turok, who left Cambridge for Canada, tells John Gill what ails British science and universities
AustraliaInstitutions on the city limitsAbout 20 new out-of-town teaching universities will be needed to hit tough targets for higher student enrolment set by the Government's Review of Australian...
Controversy after university parts ways with a questioner of climate change. John Gill reports
As the global economic crisis continues apace, Harvard University has announced that it will axe one in four staff from the company that manages its endowment fund.About 50 jobs in total are set to...
Digital materials pose problems for archivists, but, Zoë Corbyn learns, they are meeting the challenge
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme produces independent research information on the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare...
Geoffrey Crossick on the dialogue, evidence and strategy essential to preserving a world-class student experience
Gerontologist Malcolm Johnson once opposed assisted dying, but he now believes that the terminally ill should be given a choice
Study says financial pressure may erode sector's reputation for quality. Rebecca Attwood reports
A report that said "white, well-off middle-class families still exert a stranglehold over the top universities" ruffled the feathers of a few vice-chancellors from new universities. The suggestion of...
As university user groups report to the minister, John Chisholm calls for more competition and more industry involvement. Hannah Fearn reports