Their field may be popularly dismissed as one step worse than lies and damned lies, but statisticians fear that unless something is done to revive their flagging discipline, the UK's academy, economy...
Brief demand-management consultation produces little consensus, lots of dismay. Paul Jump reports
AppointmentsCumbria names new chiefThe University of Cumbria has appointed a new vice-chancellor, following a period of turmoil in its leadership and finances. Cumbria has hired Peter Strike, who is...
'Concerned stakeholders' question official silence over sacking of finance officer. John Morgan writes
Institutions will not get the best employees if limits regarding language or nationality are imposed, argues Ryszard Piotrowicz
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have proclaimed this to be the International Year of...
The film of Barney's Version is bringing the satiric worldview of Canada's literary lion to a new audience, writes Norman Ravvin
LondonInside ArtForty-eight works created by young men detained at Feltham Young Offenders Institution - paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings and collages - have been put on display in the...
Credit: Tate Photography/Sam DrakeSusan HillerTate Britain, London, until 15 MaySusan Hiller was born in the US in 1940 and started life as an anthropologist. From the Freud Museum (1991-96), one of...
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has responded in positive terms to the recent assertion by John Denham, the former universities minister, that the present government's...
Higher education is still far from borderless, argues Malcolm Gillies
The process of applying for a university place is long past its use-by date. It's time for post-qualifications applications
Royal Society of Chemistry head tells Paul Jump about the discipline's fight to raise its profile
Stuart Anderson, whose love of ships launched early and never foundered, still delights in combining work travel with visits to historic vessels globally
Ever read a quote and felt a sense of déjà vu? On 2 February, the University and College Union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said the latest cuts to be outlined were "yet another slap in the face...