A kaleidoscope of talents
Walter Oakeshott
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Paper trails to Mozart
Mozart
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File on the rankings
At-a-glance guide to every institution's performance in the 1996 RAE These graphics, prepared by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, show the performance of every institution entered in...
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Media spotlight reaps reward
Media Studies: Westminster University, 1992 rating: 5, 1996 rating: 5 WESTMINSTER University's media studies department got a 5 in 1992 - and found itself the subject of serious media attention,...
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Scratch side steps forward
Biosciences: University of Hertfordshire, 1992 rating: 1, 1996 rating: 2 CHRISTOPHER Atterwill, head of the biosciences department at the University of Hertfordshire, joined the institution in 1990,...
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Economists rise to the challenge
Economics: Birkbeck College, University of London, 1992 rating: 5, 1996 rating: 5 IT MIGHT have suffered the worst ever drubbing in the history of TV's University Challenge earlier this month, but...
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Reach for the stars that became a patent success
Mechanical Engineering: Imperial College, London, 1992 rating: 5, 1996 rating: 5* HEADS would have rolled at the mechanical engineering department of Imperial College, London, if its researchers had...
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The best of times at Oxford ...
History: Oxford, 1992 rating: 4, 1996 rating: 5* Research assessment panels delivered their verdicts on university and college departments throughout the UK this week. A bad grade can close a...
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How the tables work
The tables are not available on the database. II How your subject did. III-IV How your university did at a glance. VIII-XV How your department did. XVI THES League table of excellence The 1996...
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Economics lecturer
The tale of Mrs Typical is one of lost income that will plague her for life, according to research from Birkbeck's economics department. Hugh Davies, lecturer in economics, has constructed income...
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Biomechanics group leader
The biomechanics group is one of Imperial's biggest patent sources, covering products such as artificial elbows, knees, shoulders and ankles. Andrew Amiss heads the group and one of his research...
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Broadcast media research leader
Broadcast media in eastern Europe continue to suffer heavy political interference despite the collapse of communism and rise of democracy, research at the University of Westminster has revealed....
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History fellow
Ewen Green's main submission in the 1996 RAE shows why historians chafe at the exercise's arbitrary time limits. Dr Green, fellow and tutor in history at Magdalen College, published Crisis of...
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Beware the jargon in academic-speak
THIS month the Plain English Campaign announced its list of shame, that is, public bodies and private firms found guilty of providing information that is difficult or impossible for ordinary people...
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Picasso's conscience
Picasso's biographer and friend John Richardson tells Kam Patel how the artist struggled to cope with being so far ahead of his peers and why his misogyny should be seen incontext. When the young...