Queen's birthday honours
KNIGHTS BACHELOR Martyn Arbib, president of Perpetual plc, for services to charities, especially education. John Baker, QC, Downing professor of the laws of England, University of Cambridge, for...
KNIGHTS BACHELOR Martyn Arbib, president of Perpetual plc, for services to charities, especially education. John Baker, QC, Downing professor of the laws of England, University of Cambridge, for...
Les Choix d'Henri Cartier-Bresson - Henri Cartier-Bresson
The sound of leather on willow bowled over two scholars and enticed them away from their normal fields of study, writes Huw Richards. A political theorist and a materials scientist. A Russian-...
Edmund Robertson and John O'Connor of St Andrews University's school of mathematical and computational sciences have won fame if not fortune for their pioneering computer software design work. They...
Claire Sanders looks at why Chinese studies is struggling in the UK when China is booming. Oxford University's appointment of Cornell professor Vivienne Shue as its first professor of contemporary...
Why I...believe the Soviet intelligence officer Vasili Mitrokhin is one of the heroes of our time. Christopher Andrew is professor of modern and continental history, Cambridge University, and editor...
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to: research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
***AN EDITED VERSION OF THIS STORY IS NOW IN THE ARCHIVE, OMITTING LAYO AROMIRE'S STORY*** The Foyer Federation, the government and universities are working together to get some of the UK's homeless...
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. STUDY OF RELIGIONS: BATH COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 1992 rating: 2 1996 rating: 4 "TO refuse...
How did a Russian Jew who was exiled to Siberia, lost family in the Holocaust and fought British-led forces for an Israeli state earn an OBE? Nick Holdsworth reports. Tears of mirth still spring to...
The antiquity of the problems academics face in raising money for their research, particularly if it is "curiosity-driven research" ("Labour policy poses threat to freedom", THES, March 26) is...
A unique research collection documenting 200 years of British labour history was awarded Pounds 198,900 this week by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The Working Class Movement Library in Salford...
In fear oflitigation and oftarnished reputations, universities have developed an obsession with ethics that is harming research, argues Frank Furedi. A colleague based at a London university was...
Jennifer Currie reports on how the new universities' quest for fame has fuelled the rise of the honorary degree. If every honorary graduate followed the precedent set by Samuel Johnson, the world...
Pick of the week "The embattled field of archaeology (often accused of imperialism) should be at the heart of the classroom curriculum," Camille Paglia wrote in a recent Salon.com column. " is an...