The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture
Douglas Cowie has his eyes opened to the briefest of literary forms: the borrowed bon mot
Douglas Cowie has his eyes opened to the briefest of literary forms: the borrowed bon mot
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Funding cuts. Fees. Privatisation. Old institutions versus new. Ministerial (re)visions - and withering letters-page retorts. John Morgan journeys through 40 years of our back issues
...lecturers must be able to impart what they know. Craig Mahoney, head of the HEA, believes training can make any academic a more effective and inspired teacher
Constantine Sandis is disturbed by a claim that academics have the right to say what they want at all times, in all places
Even as he prepares to investigate the time the alleged Detroit bomber spent at UCL, Malcolm Grant argues that intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised
Has Europe vanquished its monsters or have they just changed shape? wonders Robert Eaglestone
With their scruffy hairstyles and hooded tops, the young people sitting behind David Cameron as he delivered a speech at the University of East London looked like students. But all was not as it...
After considering criteria that demand work ‘well above world standard’, Tara Brabazon concludes that an era of interplanetary scholarship must be upon us
Gary Day learns little about Roy Orbison, finds poetry in space and sees eternal optimism at Wimbledon
The dean of Durham University's Business School, Tony Antoniou, has resigned from his post amid allegations of plagiarism, writes Tariq Tahir. It is understood the allegations centre on Professor...
Willy Maley salutes a live-wire intellect, part terrier, part trickster
Renowned feminist writer Sheila Rowbotham talks to Matthew Reisz about writing from her own experience and imagining what it is like to be inside a homosexual man's body
Probability and Random Variables
Accusations of brutality, cover-ups and unaccountability have dogged the private police forces patrolling universities. Jon Marcus reports. When Andrew Meyer refused to relinquish the microphone...