Without having lived through it first hand, it is hard to grasp the magnitude of the change to daily life in the Eastern Bloc after the collapse of the region's Communist regimes in the late 20th...
Michael Roth, the author of this exceptional and wide-ranging collection of essays, is the president of Wesleyan University, which, in addition, one imagines, to being a very time-consuming job, also...
James Garvey considers whether human identity is a conscious construct or for ever veiled in mystery
The phrases "internal colonisation" and "self-colonisation" have, through overuse, become associated with political correctness. Russia has long been both subject and object of colonisation....
All mighty historical upheavals are crises of belief and ideas. The present splitting open of neoliberal capitalism is no exception. What happens when an economic system and its political order reach...
New chair of Political Studies Association stresses discipline's key social role. Matthew Reisz reports
Two-fifths of academics surveyed resent pressure to commercialise their work. David Matthews reports
Undergraduates should have study skills classes throughout their entire degree course rather than just a handful of sessions in their first year, the National Union of Students has said.
United StatesThou shalt not teach thisA US university has dropped plans to offer a course on how biblical principles can be applied to business management after objections from civil liberties groups...
Scholars say moves against critics and their families echo communist repression. Thomas Escritt writes
CANCER RESEARCH UK• Award winner: Geoff Higgins• Institution: University of Oxford• Value: £741,000Investigation of the molecular basis of tumour radiosensitivityACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH• Award winner...
The government's apparent move to suspend the higher education bill will not automatically derail the expansion of private provision, according to government critics and leading private institutions.
Universities UK is lobbying the government to create a net migration count that excludes university students from abroad - with some billing it as the only way for the government to hit its target to...
Growth in foreign students shows 'convergence', but sector's diversity remains. Simon Baker writes
Mission groups blame school policy for Britons' lack of linguistic enthusiasm. Jack Grove reports