Time to get off the treadmill
Each day brings another invitation to some pointless conference. Frank Furedi recommends giving them all the cold shoulder. I can just about live with my daily round of commercial spam. Without a...
Each day brings another invitation to some pointless conference. Frank Furedi recommends giving them all the cold shoulder. I can just about live with my daily round of commercial spam. Without a...
EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETYThe European Mathematical Society has announced the winners of the fifth round of EMS Prizes, which take place every four years. Ten prizes worth EUR5,000 (£3,975) have...
The University of Kent at Medway has appointed Tim Luckhurst its first professor of journalism and the news industry. He is a former editor of The Scotsman and has been deputy editor of BBC Radio...
Evolutionary psychology applies the tenets of Darwinism to human thought and action, with major implications for public policy. But critics say it presents untestable, headline-grabbing myths as fact...
Jo Carby-Hall, a professor in the politics department at the University of Hull, has been awarded a Polish state honour for his report, "The Treatment of Polish and Other A8 Economic Migrants in the...
Senior RAE figures offer frank perspectives on the future of research funding. Zoe Corbyn reports
A social divide is emerging in Britain's universities, with increasing numbers of students from poor backgrounds opting to study locally or live at home to minimise their debts, writes Rebecca...
Archaeology's ability to reveal the truth untainted by political, cultural and nationalist bias remains a matter for heated debate. Matthew Reisz reports
School libraries are suffering, and even closing, as resources are cut, staff ‘redeployed’ and the internet deemed more important to learning than printed matter and professionals who can sort the...
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESWitness to ExtinctionBy Samuel Turvey, research fellow, Institute of Zoology, University of CambridgeOxford University Press, £16.99ISBN 9780199549474In relating the plight of the...
One of the UK's most prominent social policy scholars is at the centre of a dispute over the authorship of his unit's research, The Times Higher has learnt. Peter Taylor-Gooby, who is responsible for...
Gert Weisskirchen is the representative of the chairman-in-office on combating anti-Semitism for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Weisskirchen, who is a professor, social...
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT• Dynasties: Fortune and Misfortune in the World's Great Family BusinessesBy David Landes, professor emeritus of history and economics, Harvard UniversityPenguin, £9.99. ISBN...
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Academics must lead multi-pronged war on plagiarism, universities are told. Jessica Shepherd reports Universities must stop looking for a quick fix to tackle student cheating and instead properly...