David Willetts has set out further details of the government’s plans for reforming the academy, announcing that proposals on the future of tuition fees will be submitted to Parliament before...
The coalition’s qualified support for science recognises that universities are the ‘jewels’ in the UK’s economic crown, argues Paul Clark. But the huge cuts to non-STEM teaching require decisions to...
Kerry Brown on a masterfully concise account of two tumultuous centuries in the life of a giant
Swarm behaviour can teach people a lot about collective decision-making, Zachary Huang finds
The academic study of international relations has taken rather different forms in the US and the UK. It is normally classed as a branch of political science in the US, where that discipline is...
I recently wrote a piece celebrating the longevity of Claude Lévi-Strauss. His unfortunate death while it was in press converted what was intended as sincere tribute into sneering irony. But the...
Alex Danchev on an adventurous collection that brings the pointillist's remarkable oeuvre to life
What is it that makes humans different? The Artificial Ape seeks to answer this question by showing how technology, which originated as far back as 2.6 million years ago with the Australopithecines,...
Roberto Abadie has written an absorbing ethnographic study of clinical trials that focuses not on the clinic or the clinicians, the science or its development, but the research participants in phase...
People who were evacuated from trains, stations and buildings during the 7 July 2005 bombings in London are being asked to help an expert who studies behaviour during major disasters. Ed Galea,...
A historian who did much to establish Welsh history as a serious academic subject is to be commemorated with a biennial public lecture in his name. Although John Edward Lloyd (1861-1947) played a...
An academic's design for a portable wildlife observatory is to become a reality. Paul Jones, director of architecture programmes in the School of the Built and Natural Environment at Northumbria...
A study has revealed that many modern Muslims still rely on the traditional practice of dream interpretation to make major decisions about politics, marriage and career. Researchers at Durham...
A building that "humanises" education has opened in Liverpool. The £8.5 million Education and Enterprise building has been officially unveiled by Liverpool Hope University at its Childwall campus....
A former hospital's rebirth as part of a university has been celebrated in dance. The University of Worcester's new city campus, at the former Worcester Royal Infirmary, was officially opened on 16...