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How to improve British politics

Academics discuss what might be done to improve trust, reduce cynicism and get young people to vote

Robert Pritchard, 1930-2015

An eminent geneticist who ran the department where DNA fingerprinting was discovered has died

Q&A with Noel Fitzpatrick

We speak to the star of Channel 4’s The Supervet and clinical chair and chief surgeon at Fitzpatrick Referrals

World in brief – 7 May 2015

Source: AlamyUnited StatesNo funding, no findingsA report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has highlighted some of the opportunities for scientific research missed by US organisations,...

Germany’s no-holds-barred title race

The desire to have and to flaunt academic credentials can lead to questionable behaviour from individuals and universities both, says Brian Bloch

News in brief – 7 May 2015

Times Higher Education AwardsSubmit your entries by 24 June 2015Entries are now being welcomed from universities across the UK for the 11th Times Higher Education Awards. Institutions, departments...

Grant winners – 7 May 2015

Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsHumanitiesAward winner: Chris GosdenInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £223,595European Celtic art in context: exploring Celtic art and its Eastern...

The great don deficit

Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton

The week in higher education – 7 May 2015

Higher education returned to the general election campaign in the final days before voting. Labour’s promise to cut tuition fees to £6,000 was not one of the promises etched in the party’s 8ft-high “...

Which way will we go?

Change happens only when people genuinely participate – but is the enthusiasm there for a structural shift in education?

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 7 May 2015

Living costs hurt most

The story “£6K fee choices: Film, not finance” (News in brief, 30 April) suggests that about 40 per cent of university applicants might select a different course if fees are lowered.Tuition fees are...

Stone-cold loser

Rachel Carey’s choice of William Stoner as an example of an academic who might not survive in academia today (“An examined life”, Opinion, 30 April) is unfortunate, because he was a failure in nearly...

Pension adjustment period

We write with reference to the consultation regarding the proposed closure of the Universities Superannuation Scheme’s final salary scheme. We suggest that the current timescales do not represent an...

Piercy’s attack is off track

Nigel Piercy’s recently reported personal insults about trade unionists seem designed primarily to court controversy and thereby attract publicity.We have, of course, been here before with Piercy’s...