Black and white and dead all over?
While the public fixates on tabloid phone hacking, the real crisis threatening the survival of newspapers goes unnoticed despite its dire consequences for public affairs, says Tim Luckhurst
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The University and The People: Envisioning American Higher Education in an Era of Populist Protest
A 19th-century farmers' movement has left its mark on US universities, finds Francisco Ramirez
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Revolution and the Republic: A History of Political Thought in France since the Eighteenth Century
More than two centuries after the revolution of 1789, the identification of the French nation with its republican institutions and values represents one of the most powerful myths in modern history;...
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Virtual Water: Tackling the Threat to our Planet's Most Precious Resource
Tony Allan is acknowledged as a world authority in the political economy of water policy and its reform. A pioneer in the development of key concepts in the understanding and communication of water...
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Sex Before Sexuality: A Premodern History
Sarah Toulalan praises an exploration of how pre-19th-century societies acted on their urges
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Designing Culture: The Technological Imagination at Work
Isn't it time we started taking culture seriously in the design of technological innovations? Here, cultural theorist and media designer Anne Balsamo throws down the gauntlet in a manifesto for true...
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The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence
Writing Irish history, for any readership and at any level, presents a challenge of complexity and bias of a very special kind. All historical sources present the difficulties of partiality, limited...
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First-year summertime, time to research, not to unwind
Exeter looks to add value for £9K 'customers', but council members are sceptical. John Morgan writes
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Students' unions pensions hit by 'massive cut'
Employees of students' unions are to see their final-salary pension scheme closed in a move affecting about 1,000 staff at 69 universities across the UK.
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Creativity in a rural idyll will 'benefit from global focus'
Bath Spa's new vice-chancellor plans to expand through internationalisation. Simon Baker reports
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News in brief
United StatesUniversity seeks to release recordLawyers for a US university are seeking authorisation to release the employment records of a former assistant professor who shot dead a graduate student...
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Cut it down and get Arsène a pint
London Met plans to slash its estate to save money and raise cash from what's left. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
Departmental reorganisationAt last, the chemistry is rightKing's College London has re-opened its chemistry department eight years after concluding that it was unsustainable. The closure in 2003...
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Satisfaction scores will fail to satisfy on standards
University quality is facing a double-edged threat, former standards chief warns. Jack Grove reports
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Rising costs of JANET could prompt hunt for commercial IT alternatives
Rural institutions may lose out if urban peers opt for market solutions. David Matthews reports