A look back on the fairy tales of Shakespeare
The great chemist Sir Humphry Davy thought that Saturn was inhabited by super-smart creatures with wings made of "extremely thin membranes ... azure and rose-colour".If a leading 19th-century...
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Big names make list, but where are the women?
The most highly cited academics in business and economics are identified in a table published this week by Times Higher Education.The list of the top researchers in economics, finance and business...
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Computers may overlook 'contextual information'
Institutions are turning to admissions software as demand for places rises. Melanie Newman reports
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Sector offers UK real value for money, v-cs claim
Figures show state school entrants on the rise and dropout rate falling, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Shaped by the fees fight: new leader sets agenda after landslide victory
NUS president-elect claims students have been let down by main parties. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Daytime TV: Party pieces
Gary Day is more entertained by Alastair Stewart's tie than he is by the three main political leaders
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‘Geek the vote’ and the battle of Bosworth
Scientists are being urged to take their prospective parliamentary candidates to task over the next fortnight to ensure that they are taking science seriously as an election issue.
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22 April 2010
The campus vote - Students and academics ramp up for a show of political clout
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Staff in capital call for strikes
UCU ballots produce majorities backing industrial action at UCL and Westminster. John Morgan reports
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There is such a thing as sociology at Birmingham
Plan to scrap the subject is dropped along with threat of compulsory redundancies. John Morgan reports
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Take the heat out of trial by fire
Tara Brabazon offers 10 tips to make doctoral candidates’ oral examinations less of an ordeal
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Terminal diagnosis for UCL’s history of medicine centre
Wellcome Trust-funded unit set to close within two years. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Plans turn to ashes
Scholars stranded by volcanic eruption think creatively as travel mayhem affects the academy. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Further dilution of homeopathy offerings
Robert Gordon scraps CAM course due to lack of interest. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Lost children of the audit revolution
Once upon a time, the academy saw its role as subjecting prevailing ideologies to a critical eye. But after decades of political pressure, it has surrendered its independence and lost its soul,...