Fees and funding just might push everyone to the breaking point
Northern Ireland - and the rest of the UK - has a lot riding on tough decisions over how to pay for higher education, says Tony Gallagher

Northern Ireland - and the rest of the UK - has a lot riding on tough decisions over how to pay for higher education, says Tony Gallagher
Barbara Wootton's life of public engagement was remarkable. It ranged from international affairs to welfare, from law reform to wages policy. She served as a magistrate for many years, bringing the...
A call for political morality reveals top-level debates often missed outside China, writes Jonathan Fenby
Perhaps the most telling thing about this book is what it does not say. If you were to ask where the highest concentration of science and technology studies (STS) researchers can be found in the...
I believe the story of how Ulysses' dog recognised his disguised master after 10 years' absence. My dog's memory of humans - to say nothing of their scents - is infinitely better than mine. He also...
Labour was doomed to lose the popular vote long before Nick 'n' Dave cosied up, writes Paul Whiteley
In 1998, after organising an international conference on New Orleans, I offered an essay collection to publishers, who declined on the grounds that there was limited specialist interest in the...
If you have a week of uninterrupted spare time, a knowledge of Roman imperial literature and history, however dormant, a passable command of Greek and Latin, and you have enjoyed reading classic...
Polyglot polymath and scholar Barbara Oakley takes a incisive look at the cult of the victim. Matthew Reisz reports
LondonIndonesian Eye: Fantasies and RealitiesThe Saatchi Gallery is hosting what is said to be the first-ever European exhibition of contemporary Indonesian art (running until 9 October). It was put...
Memory RemainsImperial War Museum, LondonOn 11 September 2001, photographer Francesc Torres was living two blocks from the Twin Towers and witnessed the second impact while talking to his mother on a...

As we go to press, we learn with deep regret of the institutional confinement of Professor F.R. Beavis, Head of our Department of English and Related Studies.It appears that this most unfortunate...

Gary Day sees good versus evil in a hard-headed tale of murder set in a Glasgow newsroom

An intelligent adaptation skilfully if smugly paints Japan as antidote to French bourgeois life, says Philip Dodd

The unflagging quality and innovation evident in universities across the UK shows the sector's resolute commitment to excellence in the face of a difficult and unpredictable climate. Our shortlist...