London Metropolitan University made a number of errors in its submissions to the research assessment exercise, according to an investigation by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. But...
Gary Haslam looks at the burgeoning area of travel and tourism in the second of our state of study series Tourism is rarely off the front pages. This week, British Airways is licking its wounds after...
STAFF MORALE Carol David, tourism course director at St Mary's College, University of Surrey "It's a new area for us, so there's a lot of interest and curiosity to see how it develops to match what...
In the run-up to the start of the grouse-shooting season next Tuesday, research has revealed that some managers of Scotland's grouse moors are illegally poisoning protected birds of prey to maintain...
The human penis is a device that can "scoop out" semen from the female reproductive tract as well as deposit it there, US scientists have discovered, writes Natasha Gilbert. In a study that used...
The head of France's leading research institution has been sacked after refusing to cooperate with the government over budget cuts. Research minister Claudie Haigneré last week announced that Bernard...
Italy's 70-odd state universities are intensifying their marketing campaigns this summer to attract students for the coming year despite budget constraints. Street hoardings, TV, radio and newspaper...
American universities that normally compete on the court or field are instead facing off in court, in Congress and in the press this summer as they posture for the greatest profits from...
Too few students and too many places are forcing Spanish universities to work harder than ever to attract entrants. "In most state universities five years ago the word 'marketing' and the concept of...
ߣߣÊÓƵn academics appear to be resigned to poor employment conditions, excessive workloads and over-large classes. But they are reluctant to quit their jobs. Research shows that the academics...
Record rise in vacant university places A record increase in the number of vacant university places will be revealed next week at the start of the last-minute clearing system scramble for courses....
The government and universities will join forces to save Labour's plans for top-up fees from the growing prospect of defeat this autumn. Ministers, desperate to build support for £3,000 top-up fees...
The midges that plague the Scottish Highlands in summer may choose which people to bite because of their breath or sweat, say researchers at Aberdeen University. In this month's Biologist , Jenny and...
A centre for the study of imperial Russia gets off the ground this month, backed by a grant from the George Soros-endowed Central European University in Budapest. The centre, funded through a $250,...
Loyalists in Northern Ireland are beginning to clean up their act when it comes to gable wall murals, Ulster University sociologist Bill Rolston has found. The images of hooded gunmen in paramilitary...