Political Communication and Social Theory
In some ways it's surprising that David Attenborough has not yet turned his camera lens on the strange relationship between politicians and journalists that can be observed in the wild, at elections...
In some ways it's surprising that David Attenborough has not yet turned his camera lens on the strange relationship between politicians and journalists that can be observed in the wild, at elections...
Hytner's Hamlet seethes with family betrayals and Soviet-era political intrigue, writes Peter J. Smith
Europe House32 Smith Square, LondonEurope House, in the heart of Westminster, has just opened as the London base of the European Commission and the European Parliament - ironically, in a building...
LondonNever the Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts)Since the 1960s, the Camden Arts Centre has been one of the cutting-edge spaces for contemporary art in London. This new exhibition,...
The hike in tuition fees up to a ceiling of £9,000 has rightly been challenged by young people, union leaders, academics, the heads of secondary schools and colleges, parents and a miscellany of...
There is a definite smell of Vichy about Universities UK today. What on earth has possessed the majority of vice-chancellors to become Marshal Petain impersonators? We need an assurance from Steve...
Since the 1997 Dearing report, successive UK governments have framed their policy for the academy on a set of economic assumptions that do not make sense, even on the principle that those who benefit...
Raoul Franklin showed the form we used to appreciate at the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and Universities UK ("The hidden dangers of higher tuition fees", Letters, 9 December). The...
David Eastwood denies that the Browne Review panel was biased towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and yet artlessly concedes that the proposals were designed to...
In an article complaining about the research excellence framework impact pilots in English language and literature, Peter Barry attempts to belittle each of the five case studies that have been...
I was shocked to read the recent University and College Union report on universities at risk of closure. It is beyond belief that a body claiming to represent university staff has issued a report...
Your article "With a scholar of German studies under siege, medievalists mobilise" (2 December) does much to expose the murky goings-on at the University of Bristol's Faculty of Arts.The tactic of...
In a week in which "students" stormed the Supreme Court building, defaced Churchill's statue and taunted Prince Charles and Camilla with cries of "off with their heads", the most shocking effusion...
As a biographer of Henry Fawcett, I feel sure that he would have enjoyed having his photograph on the cover of THE (2 December). He was, after all, professor of political economy at the University of...
The authors of the study covered in "Time and experience are no friends of peer review" (News, 9 December) appear to have overlooked a relatively straightforward reason for the phenomenon they...