Charles Kurzman, a sociologist and Iran specialist at the University of North Carolina, clearly enjoys the fact that, when faced with the statement he posits in his book's subtitle, security experts...
There were many flamboyant and charismatic figures at the Elizabethan Court, but Francis Walsingham was not one of them. Pessimistic and puritanical, a tireless administrator and notorious spymaster...
Kerry Brown agrees it will take time for mutual understanding as China engages with the world
The Castrato and His Wife opens with a brief sketch of a documented evening at the London residence of the Spanish ambassador, with the famed Farinelli (Carlo Broschi) the prime attraction, and then...
It was the year that marked the turning point of the Second World War and shaped the post-war world. 1941 began with Germany victorious in Western Europe and challenged only by a Britain that was...
United StatesWho left the dogs out?A university in the US is facing a multi-million-dollar bill for cleaning up the remains of nuclear experiments carried out more than five decades ago. The...
Franchised places must not be reclaimed from FE colleges, minister warns. David Matthews writes
Chemistry provisionDust off the Bunsen burnersA new department of chemistry is to be established at Lancaster University, more than a decade after it ceased to teach the subject. Lancaster is seeking...
Sector doesn't prioritise issue and ignores 'adverse outcomes', scholar argues. Matthew Reisz writes
Competition for 'share' will dissolve institutional difference, Deloitte claims. David Matthews writes
New 1994 Group chair tells Simon Baker that the coalition is sleepwalking into a postgrad crisis
LEVERHULME TRUSTBasic sciences• Award winner: Wolfgang Muller• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London• Value: £251,196Spatially resolved Ca isotope systematics in vertebrates by LA-MC-...
Aaron Porter says that in a high-fees world, the sector must do more to involve an increasingly diverse student body in decision-making
Impact gives science a way to keep the public onside, says Stephen Curry
Fall in number of research fund applications sees rise in proportion of winners. Paul Jump reports