Dear Adam, So you're considering a career in academia but are worried about the prospects. Don't be. So many good people have already been turned off that prospects for the less than good have never...
In part two of our series tracking how academics are helping the British swimming team prepare for the Olympics, Ben Carlish meets the physiotherapist. As Great Britain's swimming team picks up the...
When it comes to raising cash from alumni, could the UK learn from the US? Tony Tysome and Walter Ellis investigate. Universities in the UK are quickly realising that they are going to have to ask...
They say size doesn't matter. But for US universities, to be well endowed is everything. A graph in the student newspaper of Boston's Northeastern University once showed a monstrous erect penis...
We may be on the threshold of developing drugs that allow us to work at peak levels for 22 hours at a time. Society needs to decide whether to embrace or reject this option, says Russell Foster. We...
Die If You Must
The Sappho History
Slayer Slang
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a discourse by a republican: "Although owing to the envy inherent in man's nature it has always been...
The Perfect Servant
Adam's Curse
Henry James and Queer Modernity
Die If You Must
The Sappho History
Slayer Slang