In 2003, news emerged that detainees at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere had been subjected to hours of repeated playing of songs by bands ranging from the American heavy metallists Metallica to -...
Lots of good sense but too narrow a base leads to author's success and failure, says Bruce Alexander
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of LifeBy Scott D. Sampson, adjunct associate professor of geology and geophysics, University of Utah. University of California Press...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills patently believes its own business-derived propaganda ("FEC scrutinised as deficit lingers", 12 November).The transparent approach to costing (Trac...
It is something of a relief that an academic as eminent as Vernon Bogdanor is willing to question the link between good universities and economic growth ("Misguided philistines in a relationship that...
I propose a simple measure of attitude to "impact" in the form of a questionnaire. The research excellence framework rating corresponding to each answer shall be referred to as the "L-index" of the...
Although Steve Smith, the president of Universities UK, may be right that "countries such as China will continue to invest heavily in their higher education systems" ("UK boosts standing but Asian...
Michael MacNeil's description of Keith Burnett "attacking the unions in the press" (Letters, 12 November) is unfair and short-sighted, with eyes only for the article's headline ("Hanging tough", 29...
I would like to clarify a number of inaccuracies in your article "PR lecturer resigns in protest over lack of staff" (5 November). In anticipation of the departure of Paul Simpson, an acting course...
When Lord Browne and his colleagues are considering the appropriate level for student fees in the future, I hope they will take careful account of where the money goes ("Review 'will keep hike in...
Whatever the merits of open-access journals ("Put all the results out in the open", 12 November), the current system is by no means inflexible. Some colleagues and I have a paper featured in the...
The popularity of video games among young people has been growing for years, and although Generation Y's "successors" have contributed to this, it is doubtful that they have acquired skills making...
Alan McKee asks if a social scientist can say "titwank" ("When it comes to pornography, vulgar humanities are happy to talk turkey", 12 November). As a humanities scholar, I can't really answer, but...
The academic who decisively established the link between exercise and health - and was still exercising in his hundredth year - has died.Jerry Morris was born in Liverpool on 6 May 1910, the son of...
Scholar predicts change as university history prompts reflection. Melanie Newman reports