Lancaster tests appetite for fees in ‘land of the free’ Germany
Vice-chancellor predicts ‘very significant’ demand at Leipzig branch campus

Vice-chancellor predicts ‘very significant’ demand at Leipzig branch campus

Higher Education Policy Institute director Nick Hillman assesses the history of UK academia’s main pension scheme to ask whether it needs fundamental reform

Bergen rector says UK's failure to commit to European student mobility overlooks importance of ties between Britain's north and Norway

US government funding $7.6 million (£5.9 million) project designed to give policymakers a quick indication of reproducibility
We support free thinking in the academy I read with interest the feature article “No strings attached?” (3 January), about large donations and gifts to universities and academic independence. It...

Book of the week: Lincoln Allison mulls the consequences of a cultural shift from traditional morality to reason

Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani talks to Matthew Reisz about her multiple roles as a conspicuously successful feminist, hijab-wearing scientist in the Middle East

Seven academic chemists give their views on the field’s health

Parallels tell us little about the complexities of scientific innovation, writes Emma Gee

Our personal environment faces profound changes as a consequence of technology, says John Gilbey

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Lloyd Strickland welcomes an entertaining journey through non-Western philosophies

It’s not too soon to consider the rights of machines, and this timely book offers a clear way to do just that, says Kate Devlin

A history of baby-making and an exploration of childlessness; the aura of the Arctic; occupied Paris; and heavenly bodies

England’s fledgling university regulator is in too much of a hurry to make an impact and curry favour with ministers, says Gill Evans