Academics have been accused of failing to make use of new technology to improve research because they are "selfish" and bogged down in the peer review system.Speaking at a British Library debate,...
Students object to 'heavy-handed' security guards brought in to quell protest, writes John Morgan
The critics are wrong, argues Rick Rylance; the AHRC is funding research into the 'Big Society', not promoting it
The for-profits are coming, warns Matt Robb, and universities must prepare themselves for the rigours of competition before it's too late
Academy take note: the International Baccalaureate offers the best preparation for higher study, argue John Oakes and Anthony Seldon
Science fiction is edging into the mainstream. Is it because life is becoming more like the subcultural visions of the future? asks Roger Luckhurst
Southampton Bully BoyMajor Oscar Hadley is flown to the front line to probe allegations of severe misconduct within a self-styled "Bully Boy" unit of the British Army. Yet when young squaddie Eddie...
The Damnation of FaustEnglish National Opera, London, until 7 JuneIn 2006-07, the site-specific theatre company Punchdrunk put on a thrilling adaptation of Goethe's Faust in a disused London...
In a recently issued five-star, top-priority email, our Director of Curriculum Development, Janet Fluellen, has addressed what she describes as the "urgent issue of hubs".She points out that...
Families can go to extreme lengths to keep their secrets, finds Gary Day, but the truth will out
A flawed satire of the moral duplicity at the heart of American politics wins Duncan Wu's qualified praise
A scholar, soldier and unlikely television star has died.Richard Holmes was born in Staffordshire on 29 March 1946 and educated at Forest School in northeast London before going on to read history at...
Staffordshire UniversityRosy CrehanA clarinettist and fashion expert has been appointed executive pro vice-chancellor at Staffordshire University. Rosy Crehan, formerly dean of the Faculty of Arts at...
This basket decorated with seals was made of baleen, rushes and walrus ivory by Alaskan Inuit in the early 20th century.
Curtailing research freedom cuts the odds of producing great work, leading scientist argues. Paul Jump reports