Pay strikes set to cause chaos
Strike action could shut universities this autumn as unions representing tens of thousands of staff, from professors to cleaners, unite to reject an "insulting" 2.5 per cent pay increase when they...
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Societies fight for rent-free rights
Five learned societies may go to court over a demand to pay rent on government-owned offices that have been rent-free for more than 125 years. The societies are seeking legal advice on the strength...
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Red tape makes overseas scholars feel like 'prisoners' in UK
Many overseas students feel like "prisoners" in the UK as Home Office red tape leaves them without a passport for up to a year, MPs and student groups have said. Despite the streamlining of visa...
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Academic calls for withdrawal of health committee criticism
The academic at the centre of an increasingly personalised debate on the role of private finance in the National Health Service has rebutted criticisms from a committee of MPs. Allyson Pollock, head...
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Pensions crisis hits student unions
Student unions could risk financial ruin as they try to prevent the collapse of their £22 million pension scheme. The Students Union Superannuation Scheme has assets of only 50 per cent of its £46...
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No vroom for sectarianism
Northern Ireland's subculture of "outlaw bikers" has prevented many youngsters from joining sectarian and paramilitary groups, an Ulster University academic has found. Harley-riding Paul Moore, a...
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Analysis: Dynamic sector demands respect
An industry worth £35 billion a year 'is being neglected'. Alan Thomson reports Higher education is a £35 billion-a-year Cinderella industry underappreciated by the government, according to a new...
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Campus life reinforced class divides
Higher education may have reinforced socioeconomic class divides for most of the 1970s and 1980s, writes Alan Thomson. A study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics...
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Whistleblowers: Plagiarism scandal returns to haunt v-c
The head of one of Australia's leading academic institutions, Monash University, admitted to "a serious violation of scholarly standards" during the early research that launched his distinguished...
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Unwell? Ape an ape's remedy
We can advance knowledge in many fields by studying the ways animals medicate themselves, says Cindy Engel Navajo and Blackfoot Indians say that one of their most powerful medicines was discovered by...
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A transparent revolution
Why did the great scientific advances that transformed the world between the 13th and 17th centuries all occur in western Europe? Alan Macfarlane believes the answer is crystal clear. One of the most...
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Keeping watch on the seats of power
Modern anthropology, the study of power in all its forms, is focusing on how elites and institutions affect individual lives and how the alienated can be empowered. Anthropologists are more committed...
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Seeds of real relief
Modern anthropology, the study of power in all its forms, is focusing on how elites and institutions affect individual lives and how the alienated can be empowered. Anthropological research on famine...
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A cancer among the body social
Modern anthropology, the study of power in all its forms, is focusing on how elites and institutions affect individual lives and how the alienated can be empowered. Those poor and desperate enough to...
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Do we need to address our stress?
As the working week gets shorter, work-related stress appears to be on the rise. David Wainwright and Michael Calnan ask why. In February, an appeal court ruling overturned compensation payments of...