Young Russian historians are far more interested in the domestic life of 19th-century peasants than in the forging of a Soviet superpower, reports Catherine Merridale. Teachers of history in Russian...
Skin disorders are not just a physical issue, their psychosocial impact can have tragic consequences, Linda Papadopoulos tells Anne Sebba. When "Nasty" Nick was expelled from the house in the hit...
John Davies deconstructs the schedules (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Simon Schama's History of Britain reaches Richard II this week (Wednesday 9.30 BBC2), but fails to mention the...
Pick of the week Simon Schama greets Richard II in his History of Britain this week (Wednesday 9.00 BBC2), but there’s no room to mention the greatest poet of his reign, Geoffrey Chaucer. A...
From: The departmental secretary (Maureen) Subject: Emails As you will see from the circulation list I have included at the foot of this email, I am now writing to all academic members of this...
Britain's plant scientists are a diverse group, to judge from responses to our poll on the genetic modification of crops, but their concern at the public hostility they face is shared. The BSE crisis...
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Q Many of my students are from abroad and I want them to go home with a positive learning experience. What sort of guidance is available? A Lee Dunn, Lecturer (on leave), School of Social Workplace...
WHAT A new, round-the-clock information network aims to get best teaching practice to all who need it, writes Cliff Allan WHY Too often, research is not disseminated and remains within the circle of...
A 'virtual' strategy designed to help immobile students experience fieldwork could lock the whole class in the lab, writes Lawrie Phipps With a plethora of "virtual" fieldwork...
Students fall in love in his lectures on literature as theology. Is this God moving in mysterious ways, Domenico Pacitti asks Students signing up for Angelo Cecchini's American literature courses at...
Police training is not the didactic regime that some might believe. In fact, it follows the same humane and facilitating principles as most education. Pat Leon reports from the Harrogate police...
A "new militancy" has taken root in higher education as up to 1,000 academic jobs face the axe in new universities. Support staff are to join academics' industrial action and there...
Serbia's isolated universities this week began to claw back control from the allies of ousted Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in the expectation that they will soon rejoin the European academic...
Adults conceived by donor insemination often suffer a collapse of trust in their family and struggle to deal with their new identity if they discover the truth about their origins, a study has found...