To predict the effect of a chemical on people, scientists have traditionally looked at that chemical's effects on animals. Classical toxicology works on the premise of a similarity between animals...
Psychoanalysis merits academic attention for its insights into the subjective business of learning, argues Joseph Schwartz One of the most astonishing features of Freud's achievement was his creation...
Sheffield University is trying to clinch the transfer of a top-rated chemistry research group from Lancaster in a deal that could boost its research assessment exercise ratings. The proposal to...
University chiefs have been warned by their new president that they must urgently tackle questions over staff pay, contracts, and equal opportunities if they want the government to spend more on...
The government is set to reject key proposals for tough rules on degree-awarding powers drafted by quality watchdogs. Department for Education and Employment officials are expected to turn down the...
(Photograph) - Opening time: Open University tutor Julian Crew holds his monthly tutorials in the Noel Arms pub in Whitwell, Rutland. He is helping eight employees of Anglian Water through a tailored...
Scottish students are calling for the abolition of tuition fees and the restoration of means-tested maintenance grants in the anticipated shake-up of student support north of the border. Today is the...
(Photograph) - Boy racer: Niki Smart, 26, with the '1 Up' three-wheeled racing car he created for his masters in vehicle design at the Royal College of Art. The concept car has already won him the...
Some aspiring lawyers are spending thousands of pounds on university degrees and further training with little hope of making it in the profession, a report published next week is expected to show....
Biomedical journal editors have agreed a code of practice to help combat scientific fraud. The voluntary code, put forward by the Committee on Publication Ethics on Wednesday, offers a uniform...
The Welsh Assembly could soon be examining plans to slash the number of universities in the principality from 13 to just three or four, the sectors' leaders believe. The Higher Education Funding...
A former senior university manager has won an apology from Exeter University in an out-of-court libel settlement. John Hankinson, former director of Exeter's foreign-language centre, claimed he was...
A psychology lecturer conducting a six-year-long experiment into the use of undergraduates as lecturers has concluded that this novel approach to teaching is extremely effective. While admitting that...
Brussels is proposing to introduce a single European patent. Cash-strapped university technology-transfer offices believe this could save them money and allow more of their research to be patented....
Continued expansion of higher education is misguided, two of the government's most prominent education advisers have warned. John Field and Tom Schuller, members of the advisory group that has helped...