Teaching intelligence: educating Generation Z
Today’s students are different from the previous generation, and we must understand that when we teach them, writes Simon Beames
Today’s students are different from the previous generation, and we must understand that when we teach them, writes Simon Beames
Davina Quinlivan is drawn into a film that celebrates one of Japan's most gifted manga artists and the anime genre
The radio show In Our Time is a sort of academic seminar on the airwaves. Its presenter tells Matthew Reisz about bringing scholars to the public, and the risks UK academia faces
LondonPotted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry ExperienceAnyone exhausted by the thought of reading the seven books or sitting through all the films can now get their fix of Harry Potter compressed into...
Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pető, recent recipient of the Madame de Staël prize, a scholar at Hungary’s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary’s past is...
Academic work is typically all-consuming, but some scholars still manage to combine some eye-catching sidelines with their day jobs. Here, five tell their stories
The Brothers Grimm's fairy-tale legacy has been celebrated by true artists, but also perverted by Hollywood hype, says Jack Zipes
LondonThe Infernal ComedyWhat do Beethoven, Haydn, Vivaldi and Mozart have to do with the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger (1950-94), a man who was jailed, seemingly rehabilitated and even...
LondonSchiller's Luise MillerIn Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe, 1784), which Verdi used as the basis for his 1849 opera Luisa Miller, Ferdinand von Walter - son of the...
Liberal arts colleges are often perceived as being elite and irrelevant. But the best among them excel in areas such as engagement and focus on critical thinking. Ellie Bothwell explores whether...
Richmond upon ThamesPicturing ScienceAn exhibition at the Riverside Gallery in Richmond upon Thames (from 4 December to 26 February 2011) explores the collisions and collaborations between the worlds...
With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences
OxfordAlfred Bestall: illustrator of Rupert BearAlthough he also worked as a painter and book illustrator, Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) was most famous for his Rupert Bear comic strip in the Daily...
Can dreams predict the future - or even influence it? Gary Day watches a personal investigation
Malcolm Gillies analyses the rapid rise of James Rhodes, and asks how much is hype and how much is talent