Western academic Carole Hillenbrand has won a prestigious Islamic award for her "unique" studies Carole Hillenbrand, a professor of Islamic history at Edinburgh University, has been awarded the 2005...
* The Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences has elected the following academicians for 2004: Peter Aggleton, University of London; Alan Aldridge, Nottingham University; R. Allen,...
It was essential reading in millions of homes across Britain for decades and spawned dozens of imitators. But now the TV Times magazine is to become essential reading for cultural historians, social...
Westminster is in for heated debate over controversial science. Anna Fazackerley reports Academics from a variety of disciplines will gather in Westminister next week to argue that abortion should no...
Big names from science, industry and Government met privately this week to discuss how to ramp up spending on stem-cell research and thrust it into the limelight in the forthcoming general election....
Robert Jackson, the Wantage MP who defected from the Tories to Labour, has accused his former party of "ignorance and stupidity" over its higher education policies. Mr Jackson predicted that...
A retired psychology lecturer has volunteered for scientific experiments after a stroke robbed him of the ability to enjoy the flavour of his favourite wines and food, writes Steve Farrar. Simon...
The lure of large university bursaries could prompt higher drop- out rates among students, university heads warned this week. Vice-chancellors are concerned that promises of upfront cash from...
Engineering and medical researchers voiced fears this week that the "new-look" research assessment exercise would do little to protect their disciplines from further funding cuts. The Higher...
Plans to create an academic super-union may unravel unless regional officials are more fully involved, the Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe were warned this week. The...
The shocking extent of how far universities fall below the benchmarks set by the Health and Safety Executive on acceptable levels of stress in the workplace is revealed by new research. Stress expert...
Further to the story "Westminster academic feared dead after tsunami" (January 14), we would like to clarify that Stephen Lissenburgh, who is missing presumed dead after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka, is...
We omitted the following people from our New Year's honours list published on January 7: Knights Bachelor Professor Sir Basil Markesinis , QC, professor of common and civil law at University College...
As a scholarly observer of reality TV, Annette Hill was impressed by the decision of Germaine Greer, a fellow academic, to appear in the current series of Celebrity Big Brother . "I think it was...
There was to be no equivalent to "the Eagle has landed". No champagne corks were popped, no balloons released, there was not even a solitary whoop. Instead, when it was confirmed that the Huygens...