"Licence to kill" - this was the message given to the German people during the era of the Third Reich by the two most morally authoritative groups in society, the churches and the universities,...
Why can't we all just get along? According to moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the reason is that human nature is intrinsically "groupish" and judgemental. Haidt weaves together updated versions of...
Scholars returning after years in Western universities can struggle to assimilate. Carolynne Wheeler writes
Funding body would prefer to retain full reviews for every institution. John Morgan reports
Ministers have introduced a system of "due diligence checks" for private higher education providers, it has emerged, as new figures show that the number of their students accessing state-funded loans...
'No scientific content' the sticking point as second mathematics treatise is retracted. Paul Jump writes
The president of a flagship research university in Saudi Arabia will emphasise his institution's role in creating jobs for the country's burgeoning youth population in the Higher Education Policy...
This graph, from a Higher Education Statistics Agency report, shows how institutions in the four nations of the UK rely on very different types of student for their tuition fee income.
Unity confirmed, but Russell Group's new chair will have to deal with Gove. John Morgan reports
Opposition to tuition fees among German students is waning as they reap the benefits of extra educational funds, a conference has heard.
Leading social scientists are distilling some of their biggest ideas into an easily digestible series of podcast interviews.
Middlesex fellow faces 'Kafkaesque' scenario over failure to win Follow-on cash. Paul Jump writes
A university was the venue for an aerial concert by brass players from the Lancashire Sinfonietta. Five of the musicians donned hard hats and harnesses to scale the climbing wall at Lancaster...
Peer-reviewed scholarship takes on demons and ghosts. Matthew Reisz prepares for an encounter
Patent protectionEuropean plan threatens spin-offsHigh-tech spin-offs may find it more expensive to protect their inventions if proposals to create a single European patent go ahead, MPs have said....