What's mine is not yours...
... but that doesn't stop intellectual property theft. Adrian Johns tells Matthew Reisz that piracy is an age-old phenomenon - and that the concept of ownership itself faces a crisisAdrian Johns' new...
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From the bottom up: everyday experiences of excellence
Academics from top-ranked universities describe what makes their institution a world-beater
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Find me a fundraiser
The assertion that there are too many Americans in UK university development offices misses the point ("Americans are 'taking over'?", 11 September).Professionals from the other side of the Atlantic...
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Rise in joint degrees that leap international borders but still hurdles to face
Joint degree programmes offered by universities across international borders have enjoyed an "explosion" in popularity - but they face "vexing questions about accreditation, recognition and...
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Nokia rings up Chinese connection
Mobile phone company Nokia has set up a joint research centre with a Chinese university. Tsinghua University and Nokia will research the internet, wireless and interactive communications for Asia,...
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Book of the week: Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks
Tom Palaima is persuaded to think in new ways about classical culture
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Appointments
A pioneer of research into the treatment of diabetes has been made deputy vice-chancellor of Kingston University. David Mackintosh, who joined the institution 21 years ago, began his career at Guy's...
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A touch of smell, sound and vision
Raquel A. G. Reyes explores the fascinating world of the human senses and their cultural diversity
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Western dominance of education under threat
The UK is retaining its share of the international student market, but for how long? Phil Baty reports
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University of Portsmouth - Spin doctors travel to TechFest
Spinning a hard-boiled egg on a tabletop could help unlock the mysteries of the Earth's weather, according to a mathematician at the University of Portsmouth. Andrew Burbanks, who has been invited to...
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The week in books
Teenagers: A Natural History by David Bainbridge, university clinical veterinary anatomist, University of Cambridge. Portobello Books, £13.99, ISBN 97818461212"The selling point is that David...
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From where I sit - Don't join ghostwriters in the lie
A relative in his early thirties about to finish an economics degree has told me that cheating at universities is rampant.Plagiarism is commonplace and many students buy essays and submit them as...
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Stem-cell expert says snobbery slows research
Elitism, snobbishness and xenophobia in the scientific community are holding back valuable research into traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which could unlock cures for a range of debilitating...
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Book of the week: No Enchanted Palace
Simon Rushton on a unorthodox account of how the UN was born
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Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas
Historians are likely to mark the end of the era of market fundamentalism at the moment in 2008 when the breakdown of the poorly regulated American financial system wreaked havoc upon economies from...