Calling himself a scientific fundamentalist, evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa does not shy away from controversy. Arguing with fundamentalists is usually futile, but when his latest book...
United StatesRavages of ageingA US university system is facing soaring costs for pensions and retired employees' healthcare that are putting pressure on officials to raise tuition fees still further...
One of Europe's smallest states has big plans for medical research, writes Jack Grove in Luxembourg
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsScience• Award winner Robert Upstill-Goddard• Institution Newcastle University• Value £138,544What is the surfactant control of air-sea gas exchange across...
Contra the media and the bruised egos in the financial sector, the academic mindset is well suited to the Bank of England governorship
Research elite say cost of gold plan could cripple the sector as publishers profit. Paul Jump writes
Evidence has emerged that some higher education institutions may be falling markedly short on undergraduate recruitment for next year, with the University of Gloucestershire warning staff that it is...
Wilson response sees limited role for Whitehall in industry/academy links. Elizabeth Gibney reports
The UK should be encouraging its youth to study for their degrees at overseas universities, according to a vice-chancellor.
This close-up of a drain-dwelling moth fly was among the 16 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2012, presented on 20 June.
QAA event hears Willetts question option for the frequency of reviews. Jack Grove reports
'Neglected' PhD students ignorant of latest research formats, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney reports
A senior government official in Thailand has finally had his doctorate rescinded more than two years after a university investigation concluded that 80 per cent of his thesis on organic asparagus...
Elusive notion will mislead students and foul loan forecasts, experts hear. John Morgan writes
InternationalisationOverseas underwritingThe UK's universities and science minister has appealed to private investors to support British universities' overseas expansion while suggesting that the...