By Steven Hill. New analysis of interdisciplinary collaboration across the UK research landscape highlights important questions about how we organise, fund and assess research. More...
Business schools must not cater to their funders
By Nick Butler, Sverre Spoelstra and Helen Delaney. Business schools are so concerned with making organisations function better that they’re neglecting the way this undermines academic values. More...
Move over science, humanities’ tech-savvy research is making waves
By Shearer West. When you think of research on the cutting edge of technological change or bringing in investment from business you are more likely to think of engineering than history. More...
Fête de la science en région Lorraine
Manifestation nationale à l'initiative du ministère en charge de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, la Fête de la science est un rendez-vous privilégié annuel entre le grand public et les chercheurs. Elle a été créée en 1991 à l'initiative de Hubert Curien, alors ministre de la Recherche. Voir l'article...
Get the most for your money at university
By Janet Murray. University isn’t cheap, but how do you judge value for money in higher education. More...
Tuition fees are a consumerist fallacy. Our students deserve better
By . Reports that tuition fees could soon pass £10,000 per year should not come as a surprise. The whole system is inherently flawed. More...
The chances I had just aren’t there for today’s deprived young people
By . I’d like to think other young people from deprived backgrounds like mine might follow in my footsteps into law. But they won’t – as the government has whipped away the ladder of social mobility. More...
Scientists share their embarrassing #fieldworkfail stories
By Claire Shaw. When scientists step out of the lab, things don’t always go to plan. Researchers share their most embarrassing #fieldworkfail stories on Twitter. More...
Student lives put at risk by negligent landlords
By Abby Young-Powell. Landlords and letting agents are threatening student lives by failing to sort out dangerous electrical problems, charity warns. More...
Prison education still at the back of the class, as Gove takes new course
By Eric Allison and Alastair Sloan. Michael Gove, the new justice secretary, faces a big challenge if he really wants to make it easier for prisoners to study in jail. More...