Canada will provide a grant to help parents on low incomes start saving early for the ever-rising costs of their children's university education. Canadian students pay an average of just over C$4,000...
Accidents on ski slopes have increased alarmingly with much of the blame attached to undisciplined snowboarders whose thirst for danger in pursuit of "cool" has triggered avalanches. A team of art...
Government funding for Swiss scientists engaged in cross-border European Union projects has fallen short for the first time since European research framework programmes began in 1992. The federal...
Sir John Daniel, former vice-chancellor of the Open University, is to leave his senior post at Unesco after three years to head the Commonwealth of Learning. He is to take over as president and chief...
[Europe desperately needs research talent to thrive, yet a scientific career is often a turn-off, says Philippe Busquin If the European Union is to achieve its ambitious goal of making Europe the...
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Medical researchers who use animals united with antivivisectionists this week to criticise a computer game in which players destroy an animal-testing laboratory. The game, Whiplash , features Spanx,...
Employers have been quick to rubbish the potential impact of the Association of University Teachers' industrial action, citing that the union represents only about 13 per cent of the 320,000 staff in...
"Innovating for a safer world" - a high ideal for any business to aspire to. This most idealistic of mottos can be found on the website of BAE Systems, which invests about £6 million a year in...
The most popular dreams of university students have been revealed by Canadian researchers Tore Nielsen of the Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and Donald Kuiken of the University of Alberta. They...
Between 1994-05 and 2001-02, the salary of vice-chancellors increased between 42 per cent and 80 per cent. Today's figures in The Times Higher show that this upwards trend is continuing unabated...
The hated subject review set UK institutions on a beneficial 'quality curve', argues Peter Williams. Abolition of the teaching quality assessment was at the top of every vice-chancellor's wish list...
Only complete transparency in review procedures will lead to better research, says Eileen Gambrill. In an article published by the Journal of Social Work in 2002, I described my experience as an...
Rejection is an occupational hazard for many academics, but it can also be a positive experience, writes Susan Bassnett. Rejection is one of the toughest emotions to deal with. For academics, it is...
The Health Development Agency, the DFES and London South Bank University are all seeking researchers to help build the evidence base needed to inform decision-makers in key areas. Pat Leon reports....