Schwartz drives radical reforms
Former Brunel chief brings 'education for life' to Australia's Macquarie University. John Gill reports
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Grant Winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILThe European Research Council has announced the winners of its Advanced Grants in life sciences. The awards are worth up to EUR2.5 million (?1.95 million), but they can rise...
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Appointments
A professor of international law at the University of Leeds has been appointed to a key nature-conservation post in his native Nepal. Surya Subedi has been named a governor of the National Trust for...
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Pack science off to revive wellspring of creativity
Asia is determined to keep its bright sparks at home while Britain struggles to develop native scientists. Linda Nordling reports that some think this presents a golden opportunity for the UK to leap...
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Leader: Premium brand at risk
Perceptions that the UK is 'aloof' from the Bologna Process are grossly unfair - but they could prove damaging
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Enchanted Lives, Enchanted Objects: American Women Collectors and the Making of Culture, 1800-1940By Dianne Sachko Macleod, professor of art history, University of California....
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Appointments
An academic who initiated a radical new style of induction for students and a GP who has been influential in developing family medicine education are among those whose commitment to teaching...
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We must rout the residual prime evil of our primeval world
Violence against females is rooted in our brutal past, but such acts are neither biologically nor culturally immutable, says David Roberts
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Chinese demographics pose risk to UK market share
British Council study says single-child policy will harm recruiting efforts. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
United StatesProfessor quits in race rowA professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, has resigned from an admissions committee after claiming that officials are breaking rules to admit...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of WarBy Jeffrey A. Lockwood, professor of natural sciences and humanities, University of Wyoming. Oxford...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations. Martin Ince reports. This fourth edition of The Times Higher-QS World University...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations.
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Vandalism of GM crop puts British academic freedom under threat
The trashing of Howard Atkinson's potato trial transcends the genetics debate and could have profound consequences for food security
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Seriously fresh
A new breed of scholars is expanding the academy by turning music festivals, Lego and puppets into objects and tools of study. Hannah Fearn reports from 'out there'