Lessons from the Lobster: Eve Marder’s Work in Neuroscience, by Charlotte Nassim
Book of the week: A ‘thought biography’ reveals elements that make for success in science, Rivka Isaacson finds
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Is everything healthy in cancer research?
Nearly 50 years since war on cancer was declared, declarations of victory remain a distant prospect. Here, six cancer researchers assess the lie of the land
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The Ascent of John Tyndall: Victorian Scientist, Mountaineer, and Public Intellectual, by Roland Jackson
Once he had conquered one intellectual peak, this Irishman simply found another, says Richard Joyner
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Books interview: Elisabeth Schimpfössl
The lecturer in sociology and policy at Aston University discusses what led her to writing about Russia and its elites
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History: from a different perspective
Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pető, recent recipient of the Madame de Staël prize, a scholar at Hungary’s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary’s past is...
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A-level results day 2018: UK student acceptances down 2 per cent
Lower-tariff institutions continue to lose out as 18-year-old population declines
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Appointments – 16 August 2018
Search our database of more than 3,000 global university jobs To place an advertisement please write to:Recruitment AdvertisingTimes Higher Education26 Red Lion SquareHolbornLondonWC1R 4HQ Telephone:...
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Ministers are anything but relaxed about university closures
Perilous drops in student recruitment at UK universities during A-level clearing raise the likelihood of institutional failures, a prospect that remains as politically unpalatable as ever, says Nick...
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International and postgraduate fees survey 2018
Latest figures from annual Complete University Guide survey reveal another big uplift in master’s fees for UK and European Union students
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YouGov poll: 62 per cent of students think £9K fees unjustified
Survey of English and Welsh students shows that prospect of increased earnings does not make up for student ‘resentment’ over fees
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Dutch doctors warn student mental health problems are rising
Extra pressure created by the need to take on part-time jobs after study grants were axed, medics warn
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African universities urged to expand farming tech efforts
African Development Bank head says continent’s universities must focus on areas such as drones and AI to boost agriculture