Moving medical education and research funding to the Department of Health would āpose a significant threat to the UKās leading positionā in the fields, medical schools have warned George Osborne.
Jackie Hunter has been appointed as chief executive and deputy chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
Young people in care are not getting enough support or advice to help them reach higher education, a new study says.
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
Hundreds of people have signed a petition protesting about new quarterly journal Porn Studies that is due to launch in spring next year.
Without proper reporting social and psychological experiments are a āwaste of moneyā, researchers have said.
In the US, the Rate My Professors website has been used by students to dish out a āpublic scoldingā to their lecturers ā and now the UK has its own equivalent, possibly bringing a shiver of dread to...
Leeds Metropolitan University is planning to change its name and is looking at three options: Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Headingley University and Leeds Ridings University.
Download the podcastOur third Books podcast features Joanna Bourke, professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London, in conversation with Times Higher Educationās books editor, Karen Shook....
Lecturers in the University and College Union have moved a step closer to taking industrial action after the union decided to urge members to reject a 1 per cent pay offer
The Wellcome Trust has announced plans to extend its open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters
Download the podcastScholarly criticism of mass tropical disease treatment campaigns, our popular Books section, and the Russell Groupās Ā£500,000 āadmission feeā are up for discussion on this weekās...
Leaders lead, not their brains, argue Dirk Lindebaum and MikeĀ Zundel
A variety of schemes would allow the academy to reclaim control of its knowledge and labour, says Steffen Bƶhm
Hard to swallow - Keep doubts to yourselves, critics of mass drug programme told.