"Problem-posing education is revolutionary futurity. Hence it is prophetic (and, as such, hopeful)." So wrote Brazilian educator Paulo Freire in Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1968), one of the 20th...
A detailed and informed social critique of Christianity in the US today fascinates Keith Ward
A biographer of Clement Attlee faces the problem that his subject may, as Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds concedes, have had "no significant personality at all". Most contemporaries seem to have agreed that...
The back cover of Mark Lawrence Schrad's book describes it as a tour de force. Drawing on research in three different languages (Russian, Swedish and English), with 65 pages of footnotes, it merits...
The UK could learn lessons from a fascinating history of California's universities, finds Alan Ryan
Everyone has an opinion about the impact that new information and communication technologies (ICT) have on our lives, and anecdotes abound about the things they have done to us and our relationships...
ART AND DESIGN- Francesca Woodman and the Kantian SublimeBy Claire Raymond, faculty member in the department of sociology, University of Virginia. Ashgate, £50.00. ISBN 9780754663447In her feminist...
United StatesBiden vamps research cashUS vice-president Joe Biden has held a meeting with university leaders at the White House to draw attention to the $18 billion (£11.5 billion) in federal...
Taboos are tumbling as the modern student press becomes increasingly X-rated. Kaite Welsh reports
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTRESEARCH PROJECT GRANTSBasic sciencesAward winner: Hui LuInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: £157,487Towards an understanding of weak and transient protein-protein...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Playing away
University of HullGraham ScottAn Ed Wood Teaching Award from the Higher Education Academy has made Graham Scott unashamedly proud. "People say that awards aren't important, but they are," said the...
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Authors argue growing numbers and tight budgets will create university 'tiers'. John Morgan reports
Universities could play a crucial role in the developing world but are restricted by an internationalisation agenda in the West that is self- interested and must change, European academics have been...