By Liam Byrne. As Ed Miliband announces Labour’s policy on university tuition fees, the shadow universities minister sets out his party’s plans for higher education. More...

By Paul Jump. Funding for science and innovation should increase by at least 10 per cent in real terms over the next Parliament, according to the Campaign for Social Science. More...

By Matthew Reisz. In 2010, Professor Hawking declared that scientists rather than philosophers “have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge”.
Philosophers argued their case at a debate held at the British Academy in London this week. More...