Can women and men be friends, not just across gender lines but also the Rubicon of sexual orientation? Can straight men be besties with lesbians; can straight women pal up properly with gays? The...
Amid the repressive anos de chumbo ("leaden years") of the Brazilian dictatorship that held power from 1968 to 1975, visual artists developed innovative aesthetics and forms of artwork while creating...
Star who worked hard on understanding herself and others deserves better, opines Mary Evans
Pity the poor musicologist, until relatively recently able to preside with impunity over fiefdoms of specialist know-ledge but now required to know the distinguishing nuances of sludge, black or doom...
The period covered by Governing Post-War Britain is that of "the long boom", a period of economic success. But by the 1970s, the British people, although doing better, were feeling worse. That is the...
Refugee scholars support beleaguered university via virtual learning hub. Matthew Reisz writes
United StatesSelf-examination's all-clearA US university has told a state senate panel that an internal audit has cleared it of grade-fixing allegations. Portia Shields, interim president of...
Altruism takes a back seat as US elite consolidate to profit from open courses. Jon Marcus reports
Canada should double the number of overseas students it attracts over the next 10 years as part of an internationalisation drive, a report by the Advisory Panel on Canada's International Education...
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILResponsive Mode GrantsValues are the amounts requested. Awarded amounts may differ.• Award winner: Jonathan Lee• Institution: University of...
With Adrian Smith leaving BIS, former Whitehall insider David Bell considers the qualities his replacement will need
Surprise gave way to empathy when Terran Lane gave up a tenured post, full of anger and sorrow at the erosion of an institution he loved
Christmas can come early if universities tap the wisdom of the emeriti, argues Angela Thody (with help from Charles Dickens)
Nearly two in three UK universities are setting English language requirements below the recommended level for undergraduate students from outside the European Union, according to a Times Higher...
Academic performance is not a predictor of whether researchers remain in the academy, a study has concluded.