Par for the course
In pursuing excellence, whether in golf or in research, the time invested in training and preparation is vital. So how long should a master's degree be? asks Don Olcott Jr
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My eureka moment: Dispositions to lawlessness
Stephen Mumford describes two intellectual breakthroughs that breathed life into a moribund field and challenged the Newtonian world view
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The matrix recoded
Computing courses must address the fact that most IT failures are due to human error and management problems, says Darrell Ince
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8 April 2010
Drive for excellence - Getting a grip on the master’s
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Editor digs in over Medical Hypotheses reform
Bruce Charlton rejects Elsevier ultimatum to implement peer review as publisher threatens him with the sack. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Tara Brabazon: The best of places to share uncomfortable words
Truly independent alternative bookshops serve students, academics and society by offering an outlet for risky and challenging titles, says Tara Brabazon
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Five the hard way
Union accuses Cardiff of heavy-handed tactics over redundancies. Hannah Fearn reports
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Monoglottal stop
Arresting the decline of foreign language learning in the UK is vital to business competitiveness and young people’s development, argue David Lammy and Diana Johnson
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Sir D’Arcy networks from beyond the grave
Facebook friends flock to a 150-year-old Scottish polymath, reports Sarah Cunnane
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Opinion: Positive, but hardly logical
Simon Blackburn reads between the lines of Hefce’s missive concerning the academy’s ‘support’ for impact
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All together now
Lancaster University pioneers ‘inclusive curriculum’ to cater for entire student body via course content, delivery and assessment. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: Beauty and Education
A paean to teaching's role in the good society wins Fred Inglis' heart
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Cultural Cleansing in Iraq: Why Museums Were Looted, Libraries Burned and Academics Murdered
The dismantling of Iraqi intellectual life may have been a deliberate strategy, Roger Matthews learns
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Debating Moral Education: Rethinking the Role of the Modern University
One question that does not seem to exercise the minds of many academics in the UK these days - although maybe it should - is whether universities should teach their students morality. In any case, it...
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The Canon: On Writing Well. By William Zinsser
Verbiage, cliche and clutter are the enemies of good writing. And in this age of social networking sites, instant messaging and email, a book published in 1976 about the art and craft of writing...