Why do we play games when we know they make us unhappy? Video games in particular, that is, but games and sport in general, too. Analysis of video games has been an integral part of the theorising of...
Recent research in Germany reveals that one in five students “takes something” to improve academic performance. The substances can range from fairly innocuous caffeine tablets to Ritalin,...
Isabelle Szmigin on how big companies sustain their profits first, and the environment second
Universities are required to be open to scrutiny because they are publicly funded. But how far should it go? When it comes to their internal business, David Matthews discovers that competition may be...
A Cardiff-born expatriate lecturer has won fame in East Asia after reaching the semi-finals of China’s Got Talent for his rendition of revolutionary songs dressed in a Mao-style uniform. Iain Inglis...
Institutions have a delicate line to tread in being open about their organisations versus the pressures of competition
Several bodies could carry out university inspections simultaneously to cut the administrative burden
Academics prefer to publish their research under the most restrictive forms of copyright, a survey has suggested
For-profits welcome delay but may have to get ready for quality assessment, John Morgan writes
Publication ethics committee issues new guidelines for peer review
V-c aims for more international and postgraduate action
Research facilitiesSee and shareA national database to allow equipment and facilities to be shared across the sector has been launched. Led by the University of Southampton and funded by the...
Source: Russell SachWearing wellResearch by a university’s neuroscientists has inspired catwalk fashion for a unique scheme. The Changing Minds project - involving neuroscientists at the University...
Canada‘Average’ cost of cutsThe board of governors at a Canadian university has warned the premier of its province that the major cuts announced in the provincial budget will “set [it] back by many...
Historian invites former students to dinner as part of ‘retirement odyssey’