A leading British neuroscientist tempted to leave the UK by superior investment in science overseas believes it is "inevitable" that others will follow suit if public funding for research in the UK...
US scholars respond to UK exam howlers with some egregious examples of their own. John Gill reports
Science journal moves to tackle 'exponential' rise in authors' supplemental material. Paul Jump writes
Higher education's biggest union has withdrawn its threat to ballot for national strike action over pay and job security "for the present".The University and College Union's higher education...
The research assessment process has become a Frankenstein's monster that must be constantly managed in order to minimise its negative effects.The warning was made at a symposium at the British...
Scholar's vision of academy's future takes aim at 'archaic' inequalities. Rebecca Attwood writes
More than 100 senior academics at the University of the West of England have been asked to apply for a new set of posts as part of a streamlining of the institution's structure.A "majority" of...
Pedagogy should focus on principles first and technology second. Sarah Cunnane reports
Philanthropic Arabs want to support global higher education. Hannah Fearn reports
Many cultures have created aeolian instruments - bells, strings and pipes - which produce sounds using the power of passing winds.These Chinese aeolian flutes, made of bamboo or wood, were light...
A quarter of UK universities offer round-the-clock opening for flexible study. Matthew Reisz reports
Survey methods and analysis refined to give clarity on performance, writes Phil Baty
Gary Day on a harrowing tale of modern-day slavery that he fears will have no impact on its reality
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"A tremendous idea going forward." That was the enthusiastic response of Nancy Harbinger, our Deputy Head of Student Experience, to the University of Central Lancashire's new scheme to persuade...