Neglected humanities sink into discontent
Canada's humanities community is afflicted with a "profound malaise", according to a report published last month. The study, commissioned by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, was...
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Strikers ask state to honour promise
The Nigerian government has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open universities on June 11, which will in effect end a nine-week strike by academics over the implementation of a pay agreement. The...
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Idealism trodden in rush to market?
Academic alliances are strained as rivals pile on pressure. Clashes between commerce and universities seem inevitable following a series of deals that could result in potential conflicts of interest...
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Libraries join in revolution
Next Thursday, more than 50 pioneering projects funded under the £30 million Research Support Libraries Programme will demonstrate their progress at an event in London. Online demonstrations will...
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Refugees meet online
Refugees and asylum seekers in England, Finland and Sweden are being brought together by a multilingual website developed at Nottingham Trent University. Sue Thomas, artistic director of trAce Online...
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Global spend on e-learning rises despite falling profits
The corporate market's appetite for e-learning is unaffected by the global economic slowdown, according to a new survey. More than half of the 223 corporate training managers and human resources...
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Packaging looks great, but content is suffering
Higher education is losing sight of its true purpose, write Toni Griffiths, Stephen Rowland and Michael Worton. A new government will need to think strategically about higher education. But in doing...
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Let's bring back the weekend
Michael White says it's time we all took a stand against the long-hours culture. For the past two decades, a long-hours culture has pervaded most areas of working life in Britain, including higher...
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Cheater's charter
In a society that has commodified knowledge, plagiarism is no big deal, argues Frank Furedi. Last month, the University of Virginia was stunned to discover that 122 students in its introductory...
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Why we think new technology requires an ethical shift
In their general election campaigns, all of the major political parties proceeded on the assumption that a modernising UK economy would embrace ever more technological innovation. Commercial...
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Could we be Europan?
Julian Hiscox reports on a search for life a billion kilometres away under 30km of ice. The origin of life poses one of the most vexing questions in modern biology. While great strides have been...
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Cutting edge: Ben Shelton
Exposing the infidelity of fly catchers has allowed scientists to catch natural selection in the species juggling act. In the face of the cold accounting of natural selection, few things would seem...
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Narrow targets could expand results
Boris Segerstahl looks at ways in which European research universities can compete globally. Europe's research universities have entered a new era of competition and challenges as fresh demands are...
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Toddler is raring to find feet
A less than warm welcome has not deterred TechBC, Canada's first high-tech university. Philip Fine meets a precocious two-year-old. Dianne Cyr is trying hard to think of some incident that could...
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US brain drain over stem cells
The British brain drain may be about to be reversed in human stem-cell research. Several American scientists are believed to be pursuing moves to the United Kingdom to take advantage of supportive...