To pee or not to pee, that is the question set to spark controversy at a forthcoming meeting of the world's leading dinosaur experts. Research by Gale Bishop, director of the South Dakota school of...
Some universities will not be able to pay academics their promised 3.5 per cent pay rise in full, employers have warned. They are in such financial trouble they might have to put off paying the...
A European cancer research area is needed to cut the fragmentation and duplication of effort among European Union member states, said research commissioner Philippe Busquin. A conference of European...
The research assessment exercise cost the Higher Education Funding Council for England £2 million in extra administration costs, according to accounts published last week. Running costs shot up by...
Students at the University of East Anglia were shocked this week to discover freshers' week was being hijacked by tutors who had the audacity to begin lectures on Monday morning. More than 1,000...
From next month, Alice Brown will take a leave of absence from her post as a vice-principal of Edinburgh University to become Scotland's first public-sector ombudsman. Her present position is a world...
The cosmic clockwork that powers one of the night sky's most observed objects - the Crab Nebula - has been revealed by astronomers for the first time. A movie has been constructed from images...
Scientists are creating synthetic chemicals that can detect a single bio-organic molecule, raising the prospect of nanoscale devices that can rapidly diagnose a range of infections. Work on a proof-...
The University of Leicester has unveiled a £300 million plan to create a "campus of the future" fit for delivering a new-style higher education. The development plan, drawn up in collaboration with...
Degrees from different universities in Britain are not directly comparable, new research has confirmed. Mantz Yorke, professor of higher education studies at Liverpool John Moores University, told...
The vice-chancellors of Northern Ireland's two universities are demanding a rethink of spending plans after the power-sharing executive's draft budget included no boost for research. In a strongly...
Commuters taking the 8.46 Valley Line service from Cardiff Central to Treforest had something more than the morning paper to entertain them on their way to work. Three poets from the University of...
An unexpected £2 million hole in Northumbria University's accounts has been uncovered during an administrative reorganisation, it emerged this week. The university, which previously believed it had a...
Growing numbers of academics are earning six-figure salaries, a THES survey has revealed. But what about those lower down the scale? Alison Goddard reports. More and more university staff are earning...
Bullied academics need to share their experiences with colleagues to understand what is happening to them, according to research presented to a conference at Birkbeck College, London, this week....