A payment scandal involving an eminent psychiatrist has prompted Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, to announce new measures for handling potential conflicts of interest. The university has...
A ruling by the Indian Supreme Court has cast doubt on the credibility of distance-learning postgraduate degrees. An appeal was launched after the High Court ruled that a student who had no...
Some fear the financial climate will constrain new president's plans for sector. Jon Marcus reports
UK scientists will work alongside colleagues in Ghana and Tanzania in a £3.3m collaboration. Zoe Corbyn reports
Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationAward winner: Harold SmithInstitution: University of RochesterAntagonist of RNA-protein interactions as activators of A3GAward winner: Renee Elizabeth...
Review calls for robust measures of contributions to students' learning, writes Rebecca Attwood
Hefce is committed to big projects at the expense of creating new university places, reports John Gill
A senior academic was put on the spot by the Queen when she departed from the usual small talk of royal visits at the London School of Economics. The monarch asked Luis Garicano, director of research...
Union ignores employer warnings and demands year-end negotiations. Melanie Newman reports
The Government's chief scientific adviser has said he sees "no scientific evidence" that homoeopathy works, and has agreed to look into its funding as a treatment on the National Health Service.John...
'Flawed' Stanford paper denies full credit to earlier work, competitors claim. Zoe Corbyn reports
As the Government publishes the reviews it commissioned on how to maintain a world-class higher education system, we present key findings on the major themes
Quotas and affirmative action offer models for real change, debate hears. Melanie Newman reports
Unfair and regressive student bursary schemes are contributing to inequalities in higher education as universities use them to their own advantage rather than to help needy students, new research...
Roger Brown says a 'heads in the sands' attitude could damage standards, writes John Gill