The principal of Royal Holloway, University of London, has been accused of attempting to stifle public debate about the future of the college’s Classics department.
The number of new graduates finding employment has risen for the first time since the beginning of the credit crunch, official figures show.
Members of the University and College Union were among an estimated 10,000 striking workers who marched through central London in protest at public sector pension cuts.UCU members in post-1992...
Willem Drees considers a passionate argument that humans are driven by more than mere survival
Fred Inglis looks for some contemporary comment in a robust defence against the critics of Marxism
If there is anything more disturbing than injustice perpetrated by fanaticism, it is the attempts by fanatics to excuse their abuse of power. In this compelling study of medieval inquisitors in...
The Browne Review suggested that universities exist to "generate and diffuse ideas, safeguard knowledge, catalyse innovation, inspire creativity, enliven culture, stimulate regional economies and...
Graham Farmelo hoped for more pizzazz on an entry-level tour of science's stranger shores
Since 2008, taxpayers burdened by debt that they did not create have learned that the global market economy is not rational. The mechanics of credit derivatives remain incomprehensible to most of us...
In 1954, less than a decade after the fall of the Third Reich, the great Italian-Jewish historian Arnaldo Momigliano told an important international classical congress that Cornelius Tacitus' brief...
United StatesBuilding bridges across the worldNew York has hosted a conference of the International Association of University Presidents, where university leaders from more than 80 nations discussed...
Scheme aims to bring 100 PhD students to UK to influence region's leadership. Paul Jump writes
University of the West Indies' head says it must lead by example to tackle social ills. John Morgan reports
Standards overhaul suggests a move from guidance to obligation. Simon Baker reports
Widening participationRetiring v-c: elite still failing poorNew universities are still key to widening participation and elite institutions are falling short in this regard, according to an outgoing...