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Lord Mandelson has wielded the axe on university spending, and whichever party wins the general election, further cuts are likely. Using an exclusive analysis of institutions' financial statements by...
Lord Mandelson has wielded the axe on university spending, and whichever party wins the general election, further cuts are likely. Using an exclusive analysis of institutions' financial statements by...
Some senior level staff are apprehensive at the prospect of negative RAE grades, says Zoe Corbyn
An analysis of how higher education is responding to current challenges impresses Huw Morris
Almost by accident, 25 years ago Alec Jeffreys discovered DNA fingerprinting and revolutionised criminal profiling. He tells Zoë Corbyn that 'the unexpected is what science should deliver'
The economic downturn is affecting most sectors in the UK, including higher education. But, writes Hannah Fearn, it is not necessarily all bad news
The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, has appointed Colin Shindler as the first professor of Israeli studies in the UK. After joining Soas in 1998, Dr Shindler built up...
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books...
Academic salaries have increased by 12.6% in two years, but can the rises be sustained? Market differences are already beginning to show, with significant variations in pay between universities just...
A sanctuary for academic pursuit or a hotbed of entrepreneurship? While educators quibble over the definition of a university, writes Matthew Reisz, all agree that academic freedom is at its core.
Old universities are the big losers after teaching quality inspection data are adjusted to remove the link with research. Phil Baty reports Cambridge, Warwick, York and Essex universities are among...
Academic fraud can do great damage to reputations, but are universities doing enough to tackle it, asks Phil Baty What drives an academic to research fraud? That's "the thousand-dollar question",...
Strasbourg, 7 October 2005 The European Court of Human Rights will be holding a public hearing in the Human Rights Building, Strasbourg, on Wednesday 19 October 2005 at 2.15 p.m. (local time) to...
Technological changes challenge the raison d'être of research libraries. Stephen Phillips meets a man trying to ensure their long long-term future Brian Eno has enjoyed success at the cutting edge of...
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 14882/05 Suite of documents 14882/05 Subject: Import of wild birds into the European Union - Note from the Belgian delegation Delegations will find in...
Censorship is a rising threat on campus but its effects can be very difficult to measure, says Judith Vidal-Hall. The history of censorship in the world of scholarship has a long pedigree. If we...