Many students will “defend to the death” the need for traditional campus-based lectures, and will only delve into the world of free online educational resources if instructed to by their teachers, a...
Newcastle University is to launch a new £7 million centre for undersea and offshore engineering on the site of a famous former shipyard.
Recent comments about initial teacher training made by education secretary Michael Gove and Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, constitute a “concerted political attack” on...
The University of Sussex is still waiting to see if it will be able to evict protesters from an occupation on the campus after a decision at the High Court was adjourned.
Podcast Powered By PodbeanVice-chancellor pay, Sir Alan Langlands’ decision to leave Hefce, and an overview of our latest books section all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review....
Shahidha Bari considers an exploration of desire and denial amid Egypt’s shifting sands
Chester tackles bodily totems and taboos. Matthew Reisz reports
Open-access terminology needs to be employed accurately, argues Cameron Neylon
Without a shot in the arm for commercial drug development, our science base will suffer, argues David Nutt
The Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from about £500,000 to just over £1 million for up to five yearsAward winner: Steven SturdyInstitution: University of...
When pension pots are full, generosity would fit the zeitgeist better than salary top-ups
Anyone familiar with the views of Edzard Ernst may be surprised to learn that he was on the board of the journal Homeopathy. But this cognitive dissonance was ended last week when the journal sacked...
REF factor may explain growing salary differential shown by Hesa data. Jack Grove reports
There are concerns that leading England’s funding council is a diminished job after suggestions that Sir Alan Langlands may be leaving the role because of its shrinking importance under the new fees...
These are just two of the plant samples, now held by the Museum of Evolution at Uppsala University in Sweden, that Carl Peter Thunberg brought back from his pioneering expedition to Japan in 1775.