Give loot to Cambridge
Why is Oxford professor Peter Atkins so timid in proposing that the Government should "invest most of its funds in Oxbridge" (Opinion, May 25)? Surely, the optimal scenario is for there to be only...
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BFI's vital mission
Letter to Anthony Minghella, chair of the British Film Institute's board of governors, and Amanda Nevill, director of the BFI, copied to The Times Higher. We have read the document The BFI: A Preview...
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UK violates UN rules
The debt of thanks, which your editorial says universities owe to Tony Blair (Leader, May 18), will be questioned by a United Nations human rights body. Article 13 of the International Covenant on...
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Küntzel is re-invited
You reported that Leeds University had been criticised for cancelling a talk on anti-Semitism due to be given by Matthias Küntzel and has been urged to invite him back ("UCU condemns Leeds", May 18...
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A house is so much more than a home
Real estate may dominate dinner-party talk, but few people think clearly about how the buildings they live in shape their lives. Leif Jerram (right) surveys their domestic and social roles, while...
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Fight for an outpost of liberty
Two leading scholars are battling with the Hong Kong Government to maintainacademic freedom. Edward Vickers reports These days, mainland China has become an object of general fascination. Staggering...
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Behind the web of lies
Blaming the internet and IT for the rise in plagiarism does not address the root cause for students' disregard of scholarly endeavour, says Hannah Devlin The rise of new technology is often portrayed...
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Search the soul, boggle the mind
I Am a Strange Loop
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Opening a window on a closed world
Secrets of Women
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Going back to the roots in symmetrical fashion
- Why Beauty Is Truth
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A Bard of brains and beauty
- Shakespeare the Thinker
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Goodbye to the gods of the gramophone
- Maestros, Masterpieces and Madness
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Health research buckles under burden of red tape
Researchers are overwhelmed by bureaucracy and a shortage of cash. Tony Tysome reports. Academics have called for urgent action to end the "bureaucratic nightmare" that is currently stifling vital...
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Jewish laureate calls off UK visit
A Nobel laureate has cancelled a visit to Britain in response to calls for boycotts of Israel, writes Melanie Newman. Steven Weinberg, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979, was planning to...
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'In HR, I know that I am successful when my role is actually invisible'
Edinburgh University's human resources head wants to put policy into practice beyond her own department. Sheila Gupta, who has just become director of human resources at Edinburgh University, admits...