Whatever else the first Blair administration is remembered for, its devolution of power to new assemblies and parliaments in Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh is guaranteed a place in the history books...
An independent and open inquiry into the health effects of depleted uranium munitions is an appropriate project for the Royal Society. And it is possible that the group, being led by Brian Spratt,...
Employers are in disarray and staff would get a better deal if they were unified, argues David Triesman. For an energetic advocate of national bargaining in higher education, it is painful to...
Last week in The THES... Mark Griffiths argued that letter writing can improve academics' career prospects. Mark Bennett Reader in developmental psychology University of Dundee. It seems hardly...
It isn't wealth that's good for our health but income equality and friendship, writes Richard Wilkinson. Societies with a wider income gap between rich and poor tend to have lower standards of health...
In 1948 researchers from Pennsylvania State College found that the majority of people they surveyed put psychology at the bottom of a list of careers they would like their children to go into. Forty...
Nigeria is appointing many of its former heads of state - some of them linked to brutal military regimes - as pro chancellors of its 34 universities. Tunde Adeniran, the minister of education, said...
Social scientists at Aberdeen University have accused the company behind the BBC's social experiment Castaway 2000 of creating heroes and villains to conceal their own manipulative, behind-the-scenes...
Britain's international academic reputation suffered a further blow this week when the Quality Assurance Agency expressed doubts about universities' overseas activities. In an audit of Britain's...
Excrement is a growing area in archaeology. Miles Russell explains the power of poo. Ever stopped to think about poo? I do not mean in a deviant way (though obviously that is entirely your...
What is the nature of the perfect relationship and can it be recreated in virtual forms? Is the internet a blessing or a curse? Is face-to-face interaction suffering as a result? Two recent US...
The man who once said that Spanish science was in a 'critical state' will now lead its biggest research body. Rebecca Warden reports. Rolf Tarrach's reaction to being appointed head of Spain's...
A Himalayan earthquake that could result in unprecedented loss of human life is overdue, according to geologists. They have calculated that a swath of territory along a 600km line stretching from...
A way to turn embryonic stem cells into the cells at the heart of the immune system raises the prospect of new cancer therapies and improved transplant technology. Paul Fairchild, Herman Waldman,...
In 1888, the Tasmanian government offered a bounty on the thylacine 'tiger'. Bob Paddle charts a tragic extinction. In unseasonably early spring weather for Hobart, the last known thylacine died of...