Harvey Molotch is a sociologist. His intentions are good: "For each realm taken up in this book, I make suggestions for ways in the here and now to generate collateral benefits - to respond to the...
Robert Mayhew discusses a timely evaluation of heroic science's contemporary relevance
Charalambos Kyriacou commends a study into the fundamentals of biological organisation
The 19th century saw widespread education of the public in all manner of fields, not least architecture, history and art, and one of the most extraordinarily lavish attempts to present the past to...
Online resource gives students access to the mechanics of research. Jack Grove reports
A scheme that encourages students to buy more books has multifarious benefits, writes Jack Grove
Jargon competitionCalling all guardians of clarity"Instead of adding to the overall footprint we are looking at the whole envelope of estate in terms of its conditionality." If that sentence makes no...
UUK vice-president Sir Christopher Snowden tells John Morgan of his concerns over 'government rhetoric'
A strategy to link research with media and digital industries is crucial, Elizabeth Gibney hears
Sheffield's Festival of the Mind is a collaborative spectacle to excite the public. Matthew Reisz writes
ߣߣÊÓƵTechnical failureNew South Wales has become the third ߣߣÊÓƵn state to propose significant cuts to technical and further education programmes. Most TAFE enrolment fees will rise by about...
While elite universities in the US and Europe may benefit financially from the emergence of online courses, smaller institutions and for-profit education companies could find themselves squeezed out...
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILResponsive Mode Grant AwardsValues are the amounts requested. Awarded amounts may differ• Award winner: Robert Jackson• Institution: University...
If universities aren't spared the local council levy on new development, their communities will suffer, warns John Cater
As party conference season begins, Adam Corner asks what it means for a discipline if its practitioners are overwhelmingly left wing