In tumultuous times, a new chief scientific adviser to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society takes up her post Jayne Lawrence has taken the job of chief scientific adviser to the Royal Pharmaceutical...
* William Rosenberg , currently professor of hepatology and director of the Wellcome Trust clinical research facility at Southampton University's school of medicine, has been appointed to the Richard...
Geographer sparks debate over whether interdisciplinary work is really valuable or just an exercise to win funding. Rebecca Attwood reports Academics' moves to collaborate on research across...
The anonymous author of a satirical novel on modern universities has told The Times Higher of his amazement at discovering that spoof details and courses in his book have real-life equivalents....
Sir Vidia Naipaul, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature, called this week for university English literature departments to close. But academics shrugged off his attack on universities as...
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE Dusty Springfield is now recognised as a cultural icon worthy of academic scrutiny PLUS Laurie Taylor marvels at how sociology has become a proper grown-up subject
Non-whites gain lower grades, complain of poor support and are less happy with university life. Tariq Tahir reports Students from minority ethnic groups not only obtain worse degree results than...
Lecturers' leaders at Stirling University are considering industrial action over the possible downgrading of up to 350 academic-related and administrative staff, writes Melanie Newman. The university...
Hannah Osunsina believes black students' relatively poor degree performance reflects an ambivalent attitude to university. Ms Osunsina, who is about to enter her second year in law at Bedfordshire...
Salford University has been awarded almost £3 million to prepare the ground for the Government's commitment to a massive increase in the number of adults with higher-level skills, as set out in the...
Boys from state schools are less interested in going to university than girls at the same schools, according to a report from the Sutton Trust charity. The report, which is based on a survey of 2,400...
A student revolt against HSBC bank is gathering momentum, with nearly 3,000 joining a social network campaign group over the bank's decision to end interest-free graduate overdrafts. Thousands of...
The Government's early-years education policies have made no impact, according to new research. Despite the introduction of several initiatives over the past decade, there has been no improvement in...
Academics agree to become heads of department hoping to gain more time for their own research but find themselves miserable and overworked trying to manage people and timetables, the British...
Strathclyde University is to build a £35 million drug research centre at its Glasgow city centre site. The university will spend £ million on the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical...