Alarming behaviour
More late-night fun and games at the UUK conference involved semi-naked people and a cigar. Nothing Clintonesque about it, though. Merely that some bon viveur was apparently enjoying a fine cigar at...
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In by a whisker
Literary critic Terry Eagleton, professor of cultural theory at the University of Manchester, has made it into the Beard Hall of Fame, announced last week. Professor Eagleton reached the final 30...
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Working life's a circus
Efforts to banish Monday morning blues have plumbed new depths. Delegates attending an international conference at the University of Edinburgh last week discussed the role of dance and drama at work...
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It's a tricky business
The Open University Business School could perhaps itself benefit from some management training. Prospective alumni bombarded its switchboard recently, worried their MBA degree certificates would be...
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Knock all you like, but this government's door is shut
Why does higher education need a radical review, and why is it taking place in secret? asks Diana Green Myriad reviews of institutional funding and student finance were conducted in the run-up to the...
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Dull star shows it's really hot stuff
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun - Nearest Star
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A little lost with A to Z
The Penguin Archaeology Guide
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Founded on a love for sharks with one ear
The British Museum
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Chinese whispers, a dangerous game
Treason by the Book
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What Iraq can buy with a case full of cash
Saddam's Bombmaker
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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 work by the man who first spoke of "the stream of consciousness": "It is with no small amount of...
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Simplicity of the complex
More is different
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Einstein's morals are pithy as Aesop
It Must Be Beautiful
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Civil servants are already working on plans to link salaries with student appraisals of their lecturers" - THES, September 13 . Dear Dr Quintock, As you will be aware, this university has recently...
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Leader: Can we meet you halfway to cloud cuckoo land?
As clearing ends and the academic year gets under way, the latest enrolments show that universities and colleges are expanding, but too slowly to meet the government's target of 50 per cent...