The spread of the earliest flowering plants may have been a result of the high incidence of fires in the distant past, scientists have hypothesised. Angiosperms evolved at the beginning of the...
An institute has been established dedicated to Zygmunt Bauman, renowned for his work on consumerism, ethics, sociology and political philosophy. The Bauman Institute at the University of Leeds was...
A Scottish university has teamed up with the Institute of Sport and Exercise to help provide better sports facilities to students and staff. The Dundee University Sports Union has entered a...
A Sudanese woman who was abducted and held as a slave is to tell her story at a conference in the UK. The autobiography of Mende Nazer, Slave (2008), inspired the recent Channel 4 and Slate Films...
This cast of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins", can be found in the Mutter Museum in the US.
Charter calls for students to determine the format of tutors' responses. Hannah Fearn reports
Vitae conference told of hard choices ahead over postgraduate development. Hannah Fearn writes
The reputation of the UK PhD could be undermined by too great an expansion of professional doctorates, according to international experts.At an energetic debate at the Vitae conference in Manchester...
PakistanSecond v-c snatched at gunpointA vice-chancellor has been kidnapped by gunmen on his way to work - the second such case in less than a year. The target was Ajmal Khan, vice-chancellor of...
Universities must diversify income streams in an era of austerity, EUA warns. Hannah Fearn reports
South African academics shun formal procedures for student plagiarism, preferring to deal with it themselves, a study has found.A paper published in the journal Studies in Higher Education reveals...
George Watson defends a much-maligned institution that is simply the best political idea mankind has had
John Henry Newman's vision for university revolutionised the global academy. David Grumett discusses its development and impact
Gary Day finds that some people survive disaster and war through sheer luck and improvisation
Higher education is in need of a new acronym, it was argued this week. A report from the Council for Industry and Higher Education called for creative, digital and information technology (CDIT) to be...