The negotiation of the Blitz is still a permanent fixture of British post-war culture at the beginning of a new century. As the living record of eyewitnesses diminishes each year, the place of the...
South African institution's positive-discrimination policy stirs up fresh debate. Dan Newling reports
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsBasic sciences• Award winner: David J. Gower• Institution: Natural History Museum• Value: £194,949Insights from snakes into vertebrate visual evolution• Award...
Tutors urged to improve assessment and feedback to help students adjust. Sam Creighton writes
The British Sociological Association's next head tells Matthew Reisz about his plans and priorities
It may no longer be true - if it ever was - that obtaining a degree will guarantee you a job, but being "academically engaged" may mean that students have a smaller chance of being unemployed, in...
United StatesFire report points finger at UCLAA report into a 2008 laboratory fire that killed a 23-year-old research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles is far more critical of...
With Dream Act faltering, president links federal aid to 'responsible' fees. Sarah Cunnane writes
A project that funds African academics whose careers are "stuck" because they lack the time or money for postgraduate study is asking the World Bank to help it grow tenfold.
The two universities aim to offer global market 'best of both worlds'. John Morgan reports
The coalition government must take the tough political decision to make student loans less generous if it wants to fix the "central impediment" to an "efficient, competitive and high-quality" higher...
Elite astonished as Million+ chief wins Offa role after coalition's wider search. Simon Baker writes
Jack Grove and Sarah Cunnane report on what the 2012 applications figures mean for the sector
Include staff and students in governance to gain public trust, says panel. David Matthews reports
Hepi chief warns that reductions are just the start of cost savings. David Matthews writes