According to figures published by the Health and Safety Executive, the main prosecuting body for health and safety breaches, 229 people were killed at work in the UK during 2007-08, with the health...
Continental business schools are spearheading the attempt to access the lucrative market for higher education in English. Matthew Reisz reports
'Knowledge for its own sake' is as narrowly utilitarian a remit for universities as the business-facing alternative, argues Gary Day
The economic downturn is affecting most sectors in the UK, including higher education. But, writes Hannah Fearn, it is not necessarily all bad news
Fighting talk - Europe is muscling in on the lucrative market for higher education in English
Close and unobtrusive observations can reveal more to the open-minded researcher than focus groups and surveys, says Tara Brabazon
Duncan Wu takes a British view of Obama Day
The vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, Bill Macmillan, is to take early retirement at the end of the summer term.
15 January: I decided to get into work a little later than usual today and when I got in I was convinced that someone had been in my office as several files were out of place and a few books were...
As the President is sworn in, academics listen closely for hints as to how he may help them. Jon Marcus reports
The role of the corporate capitalist machine in the election of America’s first black President does not promise a more ‘liberal’ society, but other forces unleashed in the campaign just might, says...
Motion demands Soas cancel series in light of Israeli military action in Gaza. Melanie Newman reports
For Africanists, two perplexing questions have regularly surfaced over the years. Why has Africa remained so poor, and whatever happened to Richard Price? Now at least the second has been answered....
In York's Jorvik Viking Centre, snug in the ostentation of its own display case, is a supercilious and eye-wateringly huge human turd. Nestling in its celebrity status, this magnificent stool squats...
Laleh Khalili is compelled to heap praise on a thought-provoking piece of writing