Bristol University Medical School has embraced one of the toughest dilemmas faced by doctors with the appointment of a professor of ethics who supports a patient's right to choose to die. Euthanasia...
The UK Government will propose slashing the planned budget of the European Union's forthcoming Seventh Framework Programme, which universities had hoped would provide €70 million (£47.5 million) in...
'Co-payment' system is likely to remain, reports Paul Hill from the party conference A Conservative U-turn on tuition fees and the expansion of higher education looks likely despite the wrangling...
If any political party should have supported university top-up fees, it should have been the Conservatives, says an academic who advised both the Thatcher and Major governments. Patrick Minford of...
Politicians and scientists need to be more open about the limits of the Government's scientific advice if scare stories about new technologies, foods and therapies are to be avoided in future, Andrew...
British higher education enjoys a substantial "brain gain" in a global academic market that is increasingly dominated by young researchers, a report has concluded. The Higher Education Policy...
Martin Ince on the best in science and technology The UK is still home to the world's top scientists, according to our poll of their peers around the world. Scientists asked to name the best...
This is the second year of The Times Higher 's World University Rankings. We will publish all the results this month. But before we print the full rankings of the world's top 200 universities, we...
Oxford and Cambridge universities are medieval institutions that show every sign of making it big in the 21st century. Oxford claims to have 3,000 staff, most of whom are active in research, and 3,...
Anyone working in a university must occasionally dream of all the research he or she might do were it not for the students. These tables show how productive the world's top industrial and government...
The world's top science universities are in England, according to a global sample of research-active science academics carried out for The Times Higher . For the second year running, Cambridge and...
The academic jobs market is booming, with staff set to reap the rewards of sustained recruitment ahead of the 2008 research assessment exercise, according to senior figures in the sector. Academics...
As professor of mountain studies, Martin Price is dedicated to ensuring sustainable development Martin Price believes he is the world's first professor of mountain studies. His position at the UHI...
* Andrew Haynes has been named visiting professor in education science at Beijing Normal University but will remain academic publishing director at Continuum. * The Royal Academy of Music has...
V-cs warn that a £10bn overseas market is at risk Vice-chancellors warned of potentially devastating damage to the £10 billion overseas student market this week as it emerged that one in five...