Overseas first for Imperial
Imperial College London is to launch its first course overseas at a new medical school developed with a university in Singapore.The school, which is due to open in 2013, will award joint Imperial and...
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Inside Higher Ed: Betting on bling
By Jack Stripling, for Inside Higher Ed
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Chemistry researchers believe they are denied the credit they deserve
Half of the academic chemists who responded to a survey felt they had not always received enough credit for their contributions to papers, according to a study. Jeffrey Seeman, visiting senior...
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Local ‘backlash’ and overseas fears strike at Australian sector
Recruitment abroad slows amid visa changes and anti-immigration rhetoric. Simon Baker reports
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After seven years of decline, participation rate in Scotland rises
University and college participation in Scotland is on the rise after seven years of decline.
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Trial by error
How bad is mainstream science reporting? Can it be improved or has it had its time? Zoë Corbyn investigates the issues and considers whether a paradigm shift is needed
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Reality bites Down Under
Is economic pragmatism leading to the demise of Australian universities? Horst Albert Glaser reports
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A quiet revolution
Regardless of demoralising funding cuts, Helen Taylor says now is exactly the time for universities to become more involved in local arts festivals
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Book of the Week: 44 Letters from the Liquid Modern World
Les Gofton hitches a very enjoyable ride with a silver surfer heading towards the future
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Turned Out Nice: How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up
Steven Yearley is beguiled by smart and provocative essays that herald the arrival of profound change
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Hitch-22: A Memoir
This book has been reviewed absolutely everywhere; mostly, it seems, by Pharisees at pains to express their gratitude that they in no way resemble the great Christopher Hitchens. Indeed, The Guardian...
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The Canon: Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life by Philippe Ariès
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Philippe Ariès' L'Enfant et la Vie Familiale sous l'Ancien Régime, translated into English two years later by Robert Baldick as Centuries of...
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No Dig, No Fly, No Go: How Maps Restrict and Control
Do maps themselves contribute to the imposition and construction of social controls, asks Joni Seager
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The Child in Film: Tears, Fears and Fairy Tales
Interest in the child in film has grown in recent years, with texts such as Vicky Lebeau's Childhood and Cinema (2008) and Emma Wilson's Cinema's Missing Children (2003) offering insight into this...
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Mothers and Meaning on the Early Modern English Stage
Is that a manual?" the librarian asked when I presented him with Janet Adelman's Suffocating Mothers, her celebrated study of Shakespeare's depiction of the mother. As a casual line from a stranger,...