Research has shed valuable light on the cognitive strengths and weaknesses characteristic of people with autism spectrum disorders. The study was carried out by Elizabeth Pellicano, senior lecturer...
Making biofuel from material such as wood or straw may be easier following the discovery of a key plant enzyme by scientists. University of Cambridge researchers identified and studied the genes for...
KenyaBonds: licence to expandKenya plans to sell 10 billion shillings (£79.5 million) of bonds to finance an expansion of its universities that would stop students from being turned away owing to...
Ministerial 'bungle' distracts attention from sector's major problems. Simon Baker writes
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Yale UniversityDaniel SpielmanDaniel Spielman, professor of computer science and applied mathematics at Yale University, has won the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, one of the highest honours in his field....
One of the UK's most prestigious research-intensive universities has wealth on a par with a small liberal arts college in rural Missouri. This is one of the lessons from a league table of university...
Business secretary still seeks progressive system linking payments to earnings. Simon Baker reports
Vince Cable used a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat party conference to defend his stance on cutting some science funding in the forthcoming public spending review.
Open learning and new technology are about to smash the structure of the modern university - and higher education is too distracted by its funding problems to notice.Peter Smith, the senior vice-...
Canada, Japan, France and UK are home to just a quarter of forecast prizewinners, writes Paul Jump
David Willetts tells the British Academy that the government values its work. Matthew Reisz reports
The notion that British universities are motivated mainly by money in their enthusiasm for internationalisation is misguided, according to a senior UK academic.Christine Ennew, the pro vice-...
Students at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology found themselves forbidden from using the Facebook social networking website at the start of the new semester as part of a week-long...
Offa chief suggests cash should go to outreach in schools instead, writes Rebecca Attwood