An awed student of Heidegger who avoided his teacher's Nazi taint
Hans-Georg Gadamer
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Norma Jean take 601...
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe
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Staking claims on the landscape
Nature in the Global South
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Cryptic languages pronounced with a bit of a Lisp
Talking with Computers
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The hip and the dead
The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book that was banned by some American high schools: "We slept in what had once been the gymnasium...
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Off-message ministers cause alarm
Leading scientists expressed fears this week that the new Education Secretary and the Higher Education Minister could hamper science in the UK because of their controversial views on stem-cell...
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Knowledge really is route to success
Taxi driver Rachel Lowe picked up a fare that changed her life. The Portsmouth University lecturer in the back of her cab suggested she apply to study a degree as a mature student. Ms Lowe, who...
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'Oxford is the only university that could attract me to leave Toronto'
Jon Dellandrea has been lured from Canada to 'advance the cause' of Oxford University "At 55 years old, I'm over-the-top excited, like a kid," said Jon Dellandrea, the development specialist from...
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On the move ...
* Leicester University has appointed Carol Hedderman , assistant director of Home Office research, development and statistics since 2002 and former deputy director of the criminal policy research...
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TV dons vie for prized PANTS
Your starter for four. You've come home after a day spent battling the combined forces of the Quality Assurance Agency and the office photocopier. You switch on the TV. It's David Starkey on royalty...
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'What the hell do you want?'
Howells has a question for academics, and the DFES plans to clarify fees, reports Paul Hill A high-profile campaign to explain the 2006 university funding changes to academics, students, parents and...
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Supermum takes on education brief
Ruth Kelly is seen by some as a "supermum" who juggles top-flight politics with family life, writes Paul Hill. As the mother of four young children, she is well placed to oversee the Government's...
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MPs call for ESRC dedicated pot and more freedom for social sciences
A dedicated fund to help address shortages of academics in key social science subjects should be set up by the Economic and Social Research Council, MPs have recommended. In a report on the council,...
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Next issue: January 7
2005: A YEAR TO REMEMBER What do Nelson, Einstein, Guy Fawkes and Don Quixote have in common, apart from bad hair days? Each celebrates an anniversary in 2005. Sit back and wait for the...