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We will pay too high a price for independenceThe results of your survey show that a majority of Scottish academics will vote “no” in the referendum on 18 September and that an even larger proportion...
We will pay too high a price for independenceThe results of your survey show that a majority of Scottish academics will vote “no” in the referendum on 18 September and that an even larger proportion...

An implausible and ludicrous piece of hokum that steals its best ideas succeeds because of its vices, says Duncan Wu

The University of Nottingham’s vice-chancellor will look for answers after fire destroyed a £20 million chemistry laboratory. The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry,...

With falling numbers of home postgraduates, the issue of who should pay for this vital study, and how, is an urgent one

Resisting sexual temptation is one thing, forgoing sweets another. Natalie Gold on a study of restraint

Sarah Hackett on a timely study that merits a place at the heart of current policy debates

Democratic nations face bigger problems than their own triumphalism, says Vladimir Tismaneanu

Almost two-thirds of the British public feel uninformed about science and research developments, data suggest

An implausible and ludicrous piece of hokum that steals its best ideas succeeds because of its vices, says Duncan Wu

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

A leading expert on organisational theory and women in management has died

We speak to the Regius professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick and winner of the Fields Medal

Disabled Students’ AllowanceClark delays cuts until 2016The government has postponed controversial cuts to the Disabled Students’ Allowance until 2016-17. Greg Clark, the universities, science and...

Hong Bing considers whether compulsory military training in Chinese universities has a place in the modern world

Source: AlamyUnited StatesHumanities units hang on despite dip in student numbersThe number of humanities departments at US universities has remained largely unchanged since 2007-08 despite fears...