'What can you do? We are just the puppets'
As the first undergraduates subject to England’s new higher fees regime acclimatise to campus life, Chris Parr talks to freshers across the capital about their reasons for going to university, how...
As the first undergraduates subject to England’s new higher fees regime acclimatise to campus life, Chris Parr talks to freshers across the capital about their reasons for going to university, how...
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
It may look like something the Wright brothers might have knocked up a century ago, but don't be fooled. The autonomous aerial vehicle is a state-of-the-art flying robot that could mean the...
LondonCamellia Festival 2012The Chiswick House camellia collection is probably the oldest in the Western world. The second annual Camellia Festival, which runs from 18 February to 18 March, promises...
Alan Ryan on the faith in education that inspired ‘Great Books’ collections
Christopher Belshaw considers some right-leaning directions on how to save the environment
A popular law lecturer who wrote about topics ranging from paddle steamers to biblical prophecy has died.John Greed was born on 18 November 1937 in Bridgwater, Somerset, and educated at Taunton...
Timothy Mowl appreciates an erudite tour of the nursery end, courtesy of a bawdy, un-PC wit
Sir Terry Pratchett is one of the world's most successful authors. He talks to John Gilbey about auto-didacticism, the tyranny of higher education and whether writers are born, not made
Knights BachelorProfessor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran. Professor and head of obstetrics and gynaecology and president, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to medicine. (London...
A Bristol University academic has won £314,411 to undertake what must be one of the most pleasant research endeavours in any academic field. Having visited more than 450 historic gardens in...
Knights BachelorTimothy Robert Peter Brighouse. For services to education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)David Nicholas Cannadine. Formerly Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother professor, Institute of Historical...
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme researches the broader impacts of healthcare treatments provided by the National Health Service. Seven...
Name: William Hughes Age: 42 Job: Professor of Gothic studies at Bath Spa University. I arrived as a pallid, part-time temporary lecturer in 1993 and have been troubling students with supernatural...
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Animal Experimentation: A Guide to the IssuesBy Vaughan Monamy, senior lecturer in environmental science and environmental ethics, Australian Catholic...