Sir Mark Walport debunks ‘myth’ that he is pushing research agenda
Chief scientific adviser is ‘amused’ by funding conspiracy theories but dismisses them as ‘complete invention’
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Chinese new year
Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan
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Campus close-up: University of Sussex
Nearing its half-century, the Science Policy Research Unit’s bold bid to find ‘radical solutions’ to global problems will cast the expertise net wide
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Germany aims to send 50 per cent of students abroad by 2020
Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries
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THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
The 2015 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, it was announced today
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The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson, directed by Julien Temple
Filming in what they believed were Wilko Johnson’s final days, the guitarist and the director offer up a celebratory vision of culture and life, writes Andrew Blake
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World in brief - 11 September 2014
United StatesMobile phones: the ‘invisible addiction’Female students in the US spend an average of 10 hours a day on their mobile phone, while their male counterparts rack up nearly eight, a study at...
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Student-consultants: cut-price advice from campuses
Those studying at Arizona State and other universities are in demand as firms across the US seek fresh business insights, says Jon Marcus
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Crisis at Work: Identity and the End of Career, by Jesse Potter
Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton
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News in brief - 5 March 2015
Quality assuranceQAA heads to the MedUK higher education provision in Cyprus, Greece and Malta is to be reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency. More than 20,000 students are enrolled in UK higher...
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9 reasons to be cheerful about your pension
Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms
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UUK: industry must have input into curriculum
Businesses must have a more effective input into the design and delivery of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and foundation level, according to Universities UK's submission to the Treasury-...
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Coherent higher education policy? Far from it
Despite the introduction of postgraduate loans, the government’s education funding aims remain a puzzle, says Nigel Carrington
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Pfizer saga: health warning for UK university research
Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca