Mists, mellow fruitfulness...and that undone to-do list
As the new academic year begins, Emma Rees awakes from drowsy reveries of new school shoes

As the new academic year begins, Emma Rees awakes from drowsy reveries of new school shoes

Students and lecturers no longer seem able fully to engage with each other, writes Tom Palaima

Survey reveals that staff are divided by discipline over independence

Memoria di Shakespeare’s new editors backtrack on acceptance of Oxfordian academic’s paper

Shahidha Bari savours a celebration of our relationship with food across genres and cultures

Despite scaling back, the organisation has much to offer universities seeking to improve the student experience, says Don Nutbeam

Property shortage has made accommodation unaffordable for many

Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Carlos NuñezInstitution: Swansea UniversityDuality in string theory,...

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An iconoclastic educator at the heart of the movement to create for-profit universities has died

We speak to the Man Booker prize judge and professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia

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...

Horizon2020Oh, where are the humanities?There has been a “systematic failure” to integrate humanities into the societal challenges section of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research programme,...

I was surprised and delighted to see in your article “Bands of gold: salaries by academic rank” (News, 4 September) that, among the group of vice-chancellors and principals, there is at least one...