A bid by a US state's attorney general to investigate whether climate scientist Michael Mann submitted fraudulent grant applications has been dealt a severe blow after a judge turned down his demand...
'Tipping point' reached as job security all but collapses for US scholars. Sarah Cunnane writes
Representative bodiesWestwood bound for GuildHEA former government adviser has been appointed the next chief executive of GuildHE. Andy Westwood is to succeed Alice Hynes next month. He is the former...
The president of Universities UK resorted to post-watershed language when discussing the Browne review of higher education fees and funding. "I don't believe this bullshit that there are a small...
OECD figures offer unsettling news - even before the coalition swings the axe. Simon Baker writes
A leading British neuroscientist tempted to leave the UK by superior investment in science overseas believes it is "inevitable" that others will follow suit if public funding for research in the UK...
US scholars respond to UK exam howlers with some egregious examples of their own. John Gill reports
Science journal moves to tackle 'exponential' rise in authors' supplemental material. Paul Jump writes
Higher education's biggest union has withdrawn its threat to ballot for national strike action over pay and job security "for the present".The University and College Union's higher education...
The research assessment process has become a Frankenstein's monster that must be constantly managed in order to minimise its negative effects.The warning was made at a symposium at the British...
Scholar's vision of academy's future takes aim at 'archaic' inequalities. Rebecca Attwood writes
More than 100 senior academics at the University of the West of England have been asked to apply for a new set of posts as part of a streamlining of the institution's structure.A "majority" of...
Pedagogy should focus on principles first and technology second. Sarah Cunnane reports
Philanthropic Arabs want to support global higher education. Hannah Fearn reports
Many cultures have created aeolian instruments - bells, strings and pipes - which produce sounds using the power of passing winds.These Chinese aeolian flutes, made of bamboo or wood, were light...