Research intelligence - Fancy coming to my place?
Fellowships tempt rising research stars from abroad to UK to strike up long-term relations, writes Zoe Corbyn
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'He brings a wealth of international experience from his career at unesco'
Kent University's first visiting professor in tourism has brokered UN treaties on heritage and the environment. Unesco director of ecological and earth sciences Natarajan Ishwaran will be coming to...
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'I want to see education stay at the very heart of what we do'
Martin Davidson, just appointed director-general of the British Council, has enjoyed a rapid rise to the top Martin Davidson has promoted British culture and the English language in half of the world...
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Everyone will still get a chance with us, v-c says
Dropouts and cuts won't change Bolton's entrance policy, George Holmes tells Melanie Newman
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Canada gains in the global game
Overseas student applications contribute to record enrolment figures. John Gill reports
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Simple isn't always best
Simon Barton is disappointed by a lopsided, broad-brush tale of Dark Ages Muslim-Christian clashes
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Fine tuning reveals distinctions
Peer review is key to identifying top quality but a fairer overall picture emerges due to changes in analysis. The extensive discussion of The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings that has taken...
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Surrey sets up Chinese joint project
Vice-chancellor outlines ambitious growth plan building on career- oriented curricula. Melanie Newman reports. Surrey University launched an institute in China this week as the first of a series of...
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'I was a football hooligan, so I had to break the law'
A law lecturer argues that ethics rules must sometimes allow researchers to act illegally in fieldwork. Melanie Newman writes
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Analysis: Fine tuning reveals distinctions
Peer review is key to identifying top quality but a fairer overall picture emerges due to changes in analysis.
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Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology and the Wrath of God
Fifty years ago, the seismologist Charles Richter - he of the famous scale - lamented that "ancient accounts of earthquakes do not help us much; they are incomplete, and accuracy is usually...
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Big expansion plans to take city by storm
Two-year degrees at heart of Gloucestershire goal to win 6,000 more students, writes Melanie Newman.
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Published this week
(J) = Review forthcomingARCHITECTURE- (J) The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New YorkBy Gail Fenske. University of Chicago Press, ?34.00. ISBN...
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What bugged the Dinosaurs? Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous
This is the latest of several books on amber by George and Roberta Poinar and specifically looks at Cretaceous ambers (Lebanese, Burmese and Canadian) and what the inclusions can reveal about past...
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Coventry official warns of 'risky' foreign recruiting
Universities that rely on large intake from one country are vulnerable, senior figure warns. John Gill reports.