Boyle the alchemist
Robert Boyle, the 17th-century philosopher celebrated as the founder of modern chemistry, was an alchemist who spent his life in pursuit of the mythical philosopher's stone, according to historians....
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The cost of playing away
Britain's most far-flung football teams may have the most formidable grounds but will suffer when playing away, according to statisticians who have calculated how significant home advantage can be in...
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Germany meets Serbs to counter academic isolation
Germany's main higher education and research bodies have held talks with Serbian academics to try to revive a dialogue in the wake of Nato's war on Serbia. The Rectors' Conference, the Alexander von...
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Good marks at Oxford go to wealthy colleges
St John's, Oxford University's second richest college, tops this year's table of the university's final examination results, maintaining its place among the leaders over the past six years. Last year...
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Early CSR intensifies lobbying
Campaigning for extra money for the long-term future of higher education and research has intensified after a decision to advance the start of the next comprehensive spending review. Funding and...
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Unis set for cash crunch
Universities are bracing themselves for a stream of students needing emergency cash because their student loan cheques are not ready for collection, writes Alison Goddard. Education secretary David...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES...... Penelope Corfield argued that women's history should become part of a wider gender history June Purvis. Professor of women's and gender history, University of Portsmouth...
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Degrees of treachery
British universities still have to safeguard against spying, argues Christopher Andrew Three years ago a colleague at another university who had carried out historical research in the misnamed German...
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Studies suffer in poverty trap
Allowing students to claim housing benefit once more will help tackle poverty, argues Andrew Pakes The cost of housing affects every student. Even the so-called "me generation" has to pay rent....
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The hard way: two young students who did not follow the
'Some of the other students looked down on me for having a BTEC rather than A A levels' Calling up the admissions tutor and demanding a place on his course might seem an unusual way of getting into...
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Trendspotting: how the profile of higher education is
These charts and tables give the most comprehensive picture available of Britain's higher education system and its development over almost two decades. Compiling information is fraught with problems...
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Capturing 'the rustle of a star'
I See a Voice
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The maths may not add up, but it's a model tool kit for the new philosophy
The Nature of Mathematical Modelling
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work in which the protagonist feels particularly friendly towards the end of the week: " I was born...