A high-ranking Canadian medical journal that had been rocked by senior-level firings, mass resignations and international criticism is struggling to rebuild its reputation. But Amir Attaran, a member...
High school students are being encouraged to take university-level courses to improve US science, says Jon Marcus Increasing numbers of US youngsters are enrolling in university-level classes while...
Many of Nigeria's retired academics are going back into the lecture theatre because of a shortage of lecturers in the increasing number of private universities. Since private institutions were...
Universities in the Austrian capital are to get a €1.3 million (£890,000) a year tax windfall to help fund research and development. The money will come in the form of a rebate from the property...
Academics who have lived under threat from Basque separatist group Eta have grown cautiously optimistic since the announcement of a ceasefire in March, writes Rebecca Warden in Barcelona. They hope...
Germany has Europe's lowest proportion of university-educated qualified professionals in science and engineering in the 25-34 age group, according to Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency....
ߣߣÊÓƵn institutions are downsizing as enrolments slide, writes Geoff Maslen Hundreds of academics have lost their jobs teaching information technology courses at ߣߣÊÓƵ's universities after a...
The national pay deal is a small step, but Sally Hunt pledges to keep seeking more respect for academic staff Contrary to reports in last week's Times Higher , the decision to ballot union members on...
LAURIE PYCROFT: THE MAKING OF A TEENAGE PROTESTER Channel 4 Sixteen-year-old Laurie Pycroft initiated Pro-Test, a movement to defend Oxford University's new animal laboratories against animal-rights...
Hard times at All Souls: it was bad enough for the Oxford University college having to turn down a bequest rather than move its Christopher Wren sundial, but worse was to come. Someone has been at...
So much for delays for finalists this year. Peep's understands that students can discover their degree results ahead of time by looking on Birmingham University's intranet. A somewhat fraught e-mail...
Edinburgh University has devised a cunning plan to ensure record attendance at its general council meeting - relocate to Paris. Staff and students will mull over the last meeting's minutes at the...
Peep's is appalled to hear that the Minister for Higher Education and the vice-chancellor of Leeds University were forced to jostle among thousands of sweaty students last week. Rather than being...
We ask what inspires you about academe, where some disciplines even get a shot at changing the world, one student at a time "Academic life is very special. There are few careers where your only...
Israeli scholars have either collaborated in the occupation or turned a blind eye. They deserve a boycott, argues Lisa Taraki Although Menahem Milson's career path and mine have been on a collision...