In this work of a lifetime dedicated grandly "a la memoria de mis antecesores", David Abulafia surveys a Mediterranean world from a hunters' camp near Rome, set up "435,000 years before the present...
Sally Feldman despairs of an analysis of gender politics that would return us to the Dark Ages
Fear of litigation has left some scholars unwilling to criticise students' work. David Matthews reports
Harper Adams typifies the uncertain financial future faced by specialist institutions. John Morgan writes
United StatesAnti-Semitic, not censorshipThe American Jewish Committee (AJC) has rejected a claim by one of its own officials that some complaints of anti-Semitic incidents on campus amounted to...
The Korean "goose father" stays at home, making the money needed to keep his children and their mother in a US nest so that his goslings can win places at elite American universities - while he earns...
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winner: Vincenzo Vergiani• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £725,2The intellectual and religious traditions of South Asia as seen through the...
Top students' preference for 'cheaper' courses could jeopardise lab-based subjects. John Morgan reports
Institutions face uncertainty over Libyan students' payments as regime collapses. John Morgan writes
Experience of knowledge transfer and links with business have become increasingly important to academics trying to win promotion, according to a new survey.
Pundit's Newsnight performance gave history a bad name, scholars write. Jack Grove reports
Popular Scots universities face the biggest drop in rest-of-UK applications, reports David Matthews
The University of Nottingham is offering financial incentives to UK students to jet abroad to study at its overseas campuses, raising the prospect of a potential new growth area for British...
Curnock Cook calls Willetts' proposed premium for some subjects 'unworkable', writes Jack Grove
Undergraduates studying at a private business school have been offered a partial refund of their tuition fees if they fail to land a job within six months of graduation.