Analysis: the subjects favoured and forsaken by students over 15 years
How has 16 years of growth in enrolment affected the fortunes of different disciplines?

How has 16 years of growth in enrolment affected the fortunes of different disciplines?

Suggested changes to ‘common rule’ raise issues on research with human subjects

David Toop is charmed by an exploration of the pains and pleasures of the noises around us

Academics appear to have solved one of history’s oldest mysteries: how did Alexander the Great die? The Times reported on 13 January that toxicologists from the University of Birmingham and the West...

Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments

Diana Laurillard explains why a model based on unsupervised learning is not the answer

Familiar scenarios may have academics rolling, or reeling, in the aisles

Serious academic players on what they’ve learned from life at the table

Institution investigates commercial options to generate surplus

Frigid weather fails to dampen enthusiasm at the MLA conference, finds Robert Eaglestone

Hefce launches review of digital publishing in the arts and humanities

Tutors focus on penalties but students respond on ethical level, study finds

We speak to the vice-chancellor of Newman University and chair of The Cathedrals Group

Physical aspects of a new theatre both add to and detract from a convincingly chilling tale of sororicide, attests Liz Schafer
I do not share Richard M. S. Wilson’s enthusiasm for standardisation of terminology across all UK universities (“Title scramble”, Letters, 9 January). But if we are to be so blessed, perhaps a good...