Airborne victory forged in infernos
Former bomber navigator Patrick Moore discusses the effectiveness and the inhumanity of the Allies' bombing raids during the second world war. The second world war ended more than half a century ago...
Former bomber navigator Patrick Moore discusses the effectiveness and the inhumanity of the Allies' bombing raids during the second world war. The second world war ended more than half a century ago...
Rankings are widely used and critiqued, says Ellen Hazelkorn, but they create a profile institutions want. Over the past decade, much has been written about the rankings phenomenon. Its arrival...
Sits.vac:Pounds 98,000 (no popes please): * What it costs and what you earn. Low tax rates, excellent benefits and generous salaries all add up to make Hong Kong, at first glance, a very attractive...
In the second of a five-part series on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing UK universities, Michael Shattock looks at what made them world leaders and asks if it is at risk "...
The World University Rankings are competitive, of course, but they also promote the partnerships vital to a vibrant global academy, says Phil Baty. The rankings are about competition, right? Of...
Andrew Pakes is "out" but understands why many academics and students don't want to be It has been a gay few weeks in the media with the revelation that some cabinet ministers are really homosexual....
To celebrate anthropologist Sir Raymond Firth's 100th birthday, Peter Loizos looks at his career. Raymond Firth celebrated his 100th birthday on March 25. A pioneer in the establishment of British...
Sir Joshua Reynolds - The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough - The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Ruthless competition between American universities to recruit top talent has seen salaries for the courted few spiral, prompting fears of division and corruption, Tim Cornwell reports Tom Bender,...
Francis Ford Coppola
Many universities have mission statements that commit the institution to community service as well as to teaching and research. It is not always clear what priority community service rates - in many...
The assessment of research at Hong Kong's universities has confused quantity with quality, argues Orlan Lee Hong Kong's academic community must be one of the most closely scrutinised in the world....
Tiger on the Brink
India's Newspaper Revolution - "Mr Editor, How Close are You to the PM?"
Two groups of senior international educationists were in Britain last week to learn about reform and quality assurance. Rebecca Walton reports. THE UNITED KINGDOM is seen worldwide as a natural...