Film review: Casino Jack
A flawed satire of the moral duplicity at the heart of American politics wins Duncan Wu's qualified praise

A flawed satire of the moral duplicity at the heart of American politics wins Duncan Wu's qualified praise

Families can go to extreme lengths to keep their secrets, finds Gary Day, but the truth will out

A scholar, soldier and unlikely television star has died.Richard Holmes was born in Staffordshire on 29 March 1946 and educated at Forest School in northeast London before going on to read history at...
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Newcastle UniversityFull steam (or wind or sun) aheadScientists from an English university are leading a £3 million European Commission project to revolutionise the way ships harness energy....

This basket decorated with seals was made of baleen, rushes and walrus ivory by Alaskan Inuit in the early 20th century.
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Eyes to the future - How one university has transformed itself for the new market place
The academic board of the London School of Economics has voted to set tuition fees at £8,000 in 2012.
Glasgow Caledonian University has had its licence to sponsor foreign students reinstated by the UK Border Agency after a three-week investigation.
Higher education employers have won their battle to cut benefits in the sector’s main pension scheme, raising the prospect of further industrial action.The University and College Union’s negotiators...

David Willetts has been forced to speak in the House of Commons to defend proposals that universities should be allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of home students who fund their tuition fees...

Reporting from the EC-sponsored Youth on the Move seminar in Florence, Phil Baty underscores the commitment of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings to weighing all facets of...

Political ideology, scientific arrogance and the media’s search for a good story are hindering attempts to explain scientific findings, an academic claims. Matthew Reisz reports

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