Appointments - 28 February 2013
Charles Sturt UniversityTim WessThe new executive dean of the faculty of science at Charles Sturt University in Australia, Tim Wess, said that in addition to the excitement and delight of a new job,...

Charles Sturt UniversityTim WessThe new executive dean of the faculty of science at Charles Sturt University in Australia, Tim Wess, said that in addition to the excitement and delight of a new job,...

A leading international authority on substance abuse and drug addiction, known for the compassion he showed towards the afflicted, has died.

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

This survey of the work of an innovative practice leaves Flora Samuel wishing for about places, plans and politics

David Revill on the creator of an unconventional musical genre
MoocsMore massive and multilingual tooTwo leading US massive open online course providers have each almost doubled the number of universities offering courses on their respective platforms. Coursera...

This suitcase, filled with memorabilia from the First World War, was recently found in a cupboard in the University of Abertay Dundee’s psychology department.It turned out to have belonged to a nurse...

Economic and Social Research CouncilFuture Research Leaders SchemeAward winner: Vanesa Castan BrotoInstitution: University College LondonValue: £171,459Mapping urban energy landscapes in the global...

A sideways look at the week’s big stories

Richard Bosworth on a ‘celebrity’ role model for Mussolini’s Fascism

Atsushi Senju discusses the strange case of Japanese ‘social withdrawal’

John Gilbey on how the geeks inherited cyberspace

Government loans may not be the answer, Hefce director argues. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Confused political rhetoric on student visas threatens one of the UK’s greatest global assets, says Martin Davidson

Ann Gallagher asks how the higher education sector should respond to the challenge set out by the Francis report into NHS failings