French cuisine underwent a dramatic transformation during the early modern period. All kinds of new products became available: potatoes, pumpkins and turkeys from the New World; chocolate, coffee and...
James T. Crouse considers the dangerous world of aviation, where disaster is only ever a whisker away
Living in the information age, when we can know (or find out) almost anything we want to about public figures, it is hard to conceive of the challenges that face the medieval historian - even when...
Look up the word "virtuoso" in the Oxford English Dictionary, and you will find an unusual admission that the various senses of the word are particularly difficult to discriminate. The first meaning...
Isobel Grundy enjoys an unusual history of the growth of feminist debate and the notion of society
EDUCATION- Academic Evaluation: Review Genres in University SettingsEdited by Ken Hyland, professor of applied linguistics in education, Institute of Education, and Giuliana Diani, tenured researcher...
Sheila Rodwell, a leading authority on the links between nutrition and disease, has died.Born in St Albans on 7 March 1947 and educated at Loughborough High School, she graduated as a dietitian from...
Police cars raced to our campus on Monday in response to an emergency call from the convenor of this year's Annual Conference of Physicalist Philosophers.According to witnesses, a fracas involving...
The aspect of the Students and Universities report that has attracted the most media attention is the significance of degree levels ("After the grillings, MPs serve a critical dish to the sector", 6...
While we welcome Lord Mandelson's recent speech outlining his support for mature students, part-time education and the work of The Open University and Birkbeck, University of London, we wonder...
We do not recognise the recommendations of our UK/US Study Group report as described in your article ("Anglo-American report 'imperialistic', say critics", 6 August).We have no qualms about...
Not everyone taking a degree in the city of Oxford has A*s or even A levels ("Let's relax about fairness", 30 July). Ruskin College has spent 110 years helping Judes be less obscure.We still don't...
Every year, there is a pseudo-debate about whether or not there has been grade inflation at A level. The answer is that A levels have been devalued to an extent that is scarcely believable.I came...
I was disappointed to note in your story regarding the possible merger of Edinburgh Napier and Queen Margaret universities your comparison of the financial position of the two institutions ("Merger...
The University of Wolverhampton's student-data returns were not inaccurate ("The week in higher education", 6 August).The university correctly recorded and reported the number of students enrolled...