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  1. From lecture hall to LA Law

    More academics are recognising that universities are no longer the only place to exercise the mind and make a difference. Stephen Phillips reports on those who moonlight and those who have quit the...

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  2. Sun, sea and sand - and a sense of spectral danger...

    The West's faith in open borders, which has laid the foundation for a boom in tourism, has been shaken by events such as 9/11, says Raoul Bianchi In a world of hyper-mobile capital, instantaneous...

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  3. 'A rocket in a university library...

    ...is more of a threat to academic freedom than a couple of lecturers being sacked from a small translation journal' A delegation of lecturers and students visiting the occupied territories has been...

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  4. The last 'post'

    Literary theory is dying, argues Stephen Logan. It is time for literary criticism to rediscover its traditions and to appreciate 'greatness' A colleague of mine in another university was recently...

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  5. Why UK is going down the pan

    To squat or sit, to flush or recycle, to accept top-down solutions or 'bottom-up' revolutions - toilet provision, or the lack of it, reveals a nation's soul, argues Clara Greed There is a great deal...

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  6. 'Rowing men of limited intellect'

    Law is now the most popular subject studied at UK universities, but as Gary Slapper points out, it wasn't always held in high esteem... This year there were 76,617 applications to study law at...

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  7. How public warmed to ice-age man

    Tourists and scientists alike are fascinated by the 5,300-year-old preserved remains of an 'iceman' who may well have been killed. Paul Bompard reports A5,300-year-old mummy is fast becoming the Che...

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  9. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a book with a Swift title that features a quixotic behemoth from New Orleans: "A Green hunting cap...

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