Dismissed manager sues over doubts about his candour in applications
Internal investigation found that Manchester was misled over criminal past. Melanie Newman reports
Internal investigation found that Manchester was misled over criminal past. Melanie Newman reports
A unique collection charting the 125-year history of Marks & Spencer is to be housed at the University of Leeds, in the city where the retail giant was born.The archive, which has been relocated...

Report argues that 'people's trust' would be fairer and raise more cash. Rebecca Attwood writes
The Medical Research Council could be combined with the research arm of the National Health Service in a move that is likely to worry those involved with basic research.The possibility of a merger...
They have taken place in pubs, living rooms and church halls, but now book groups are moving into a Scottish university's halls of residence.Every new student enrolling at the University of St...
Decline in language skills could end UK historians' European pre-eminence. Matthew Reisz writes
Sensitive data on performance may be made openly available to colleagues. Melanie Newman reports
Whitehall budget squeezeBeddington sounds R&D warningThe Government's Chief Scientific Adviser has expressed concern that departmental research and development budgets will shrink as a result of...
Gary Day on Stonehenge (according to Time Team), flower arranging (by the WI), memories and poetry

The University of Poppleton made the headlines this week as journalists picked up on research by Dr Ted Thorndike of our Department of Psychology showing how valuable clues to an individual's...
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto punctures a few national illusions
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewersFred Inglis is emeritus professor of cultural studies, University of Sheffield. He is reading Jeremy Mynott's "new and gripping" book,...
The DIUS is no more, the latest sign of the Government's narrow focus on business interests at the academy's expense
Five minutes before the scheduled start of the Palestinian Festival of Literature late last month, armed Israeli police entered the crowded Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and closed it...
Kevin Beurle, a British scientist involved in the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, has died.He was born in Swansea on 19 January 1956 and attended local schools before gaining a BSc in physics from...