Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology Is Changing The Way We Fight and Think About War by Christopher Coker
Steve Redhead on how the increasing sophistication of military technology affects modern warfare

Steve Redhead on how the increasing sophistication of military technology affects modern warfare

Kate Kennedy praises a biography that examines the contradictory aspects of the composer’s character

Gary Day reviews stories about the great playwright’s life - fact or fiction?

Anthony Feiler reviews a concise explanation of how the UK education system works and how it evolved

Jules Pretty agrees that, for sustainable living, people need to feel a connection with the natural world

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University of TokyoCatriona ElderA University of Sydney academic who has been appointed visiting professor in Australian studies at the University of Tokyo said it was evidence that her family’s...

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Don’t ‘turn blind eye’ to excessive boozing, heads tell universities

Creative accountability - Blurring the lines between artistic endeavour and academic research

Union says changes will lead to demotion and pay cuts. Jack Grove reports

West London development will provide facilities for research, translation and commercialisation, explains Sir Keith O’Nions, Imperial president

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Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping

Artistic practice can certainly be research - but the present model in UK universities is confused and lacks intellectual rigour, argues Nicholas Till