Fundamental academic values, such as free and open debate, are at risk, a leading UK vice-chancellor said this week.Nigel Thrift, vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick, told a conference in...
The 10,000 extra student places for next year have been allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with newer teaching-focused universities the main beneficiaries.The distribution...
Fifty lecturers and learning-support staff have been recognised for teaching excellence.From a vet whose decision to retrain in computing science helped her transform veterinary education to an...
Employers say the USS pension scheme must change to prevent financial crisis and government intervention. The UCU argues that proposed changes go far beyond what is needed. Ahead of a showdown...
Zombies are all the rage. They are the perfect postmodern symbol, a bloody canvas on to which any fear may be inscribed - but it's not all gloom and doom. It's the end of the world as we know it, and...
Fred Inglis strives to hold his nerve in the midst of a dizzying, recondite tour of the apocalypse
Helen Fenwick on a useful review of the ailing state of UK civil liberties, from common law to kettling
Cornelie B., born in 1890, was first arrested for prostitution in 1907. After numerous encounters with the police and internments in various institutions, her last recorded interview with the...
Christopher Hill (1912-2003) was an astonishingly prolific historian and for a time the dominant figure in the recent historiography of the "English Revolution" of the 17th century, a concept he did...
The Antipodean shenanigans of an identity fraudster who impersonated an aristocrat were a gift for historian Kirsten McKenzie, writes Matthew Reisz
Graham Farmelo fears that this preachy tribute will not find a place on HRH's coffee table
As China is fast emerging as a major economic power and global strategic player with growing influence in international affairs, the question of how to understand China has become more urgent for...
In the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the East became a Mecca for record collectors as East Berliners binned their vinyl collections in the throes of a love affair with that tangible emblem...
ENGINEERINGBecoming an Engineer in Public Universities: Pathways for Women and MinoritiesEdited by Kathryn M. Borman, professor of anthropology, University of South Florida; Rhoda H. Halperin,...
What exactly is "a realistic strategy for the future"? That is the core issue raised by Ann Mroz in last week's leader ("Stop with the gloom and doom", 17 June).She accuses me of "hysteria and...