Ideas belong to people
Joseph Mintz says "religion has powerful and important things to say about how we should be in the world" ("Faith is no barrier to intelligent discourse", November 2). I suggest that religion has...
Joseph Mintz says "religion has powerful and important things to say about how we should be in the world" ("Faith is no barrier to intelligent discourse", November 2). I suggest that religion has...
Maps are not simply sources of information, says Matthew Edney. They are records of and mirrors for the political, social and emotional trajectories of the times in which they were produced. The...
Websites are the public face of universities - why are so many unfriendly and unhelpful? asks Anthony Haynes. Do you sometimes wonder why someone else was offered a lucrative consultancy, featured in...
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations.
The deep pockets of many US institutions, and a select few in the UK, attest to the high cost of attaining success in the sciences.
Technology powerhouses and social science leaders boast a global reach, reflecting governments’ awareness of these fields’ economic impact.
Despite their essential role in leading political and cultural debate, arts and humanities are often relegated to the back seat by the sciences.
Peer review is key to identifying top quality but a fairer overall picture emerges due to changes in analysis.
We look at the top performers on each measure and suggest what their success means for the sector’s development.
Citrus
Chartism
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a bestselling tale of a dysfunctional family: "The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming...
The Entring Book of Roger Morrice
Modes of Faith
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands