Not cricket
At last we know who is really to blame for the state of the British economy - Dominic Cork. English cricket's hat-trick hero against the West Indies is exposed by incisive revisionist analysis in the...
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Grant dodging
A Glasgow University research council grants committee member has issued his colleagues with a handy guide on grant applications. In order to avoid the extra work and higher research profile which a...
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Cannon has ball
Is there no limit to the versatility of Manchester Business School director Tom Cannon? Since joining MBS's long list of ex-directors he has impinged on the national consciousness in a number of...
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Leeson gamble
As sweltering graduation ceremonies come to their sweaty end across sun-baked Britain, Antithesis hopes to highlight those heart-warming Alumni To Be Proud Of in forthcoming weeks. Case in point...
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Alexei Sayle judges the Thames Valley University and Trotman and Company Ltd national video competition
(Photograph) - Celebrity stare: Alexei Sayle, one of the judges in the Thames Valley University and Trotman and Company Ltd national video competition for schools, colleges and universities earlier...
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Twin victory against racism
When Bernard Shapiro publicly assumed his role as principal of McGill, Canada's most prestigious university, it was hailed as a remarkable personal feat. Joining the celebratory throng was Shapiro's...
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Bully boy's bunkum
I had hoped that Bill Clinton's election to the United States presidency in 1992 would bring an end to the seemingly interminable culture wars ("the crisis of history", "the battle of the books and...
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California vote may jeopardise funding:University of California
The United States government has said that last week's decision by the University of California to abolish race-based admissions may cost the university - one of America's largest and most...
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Spirit of the Dock
(Photograph) - Spirit of the Dock: A passer-by admires Maggie Gregory's sculpture, part of a joint University of East London and London Docklands Development Corporation exhibition called 'Sculpture...
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Student returns
Child prodigy Adam Dent is to return to Oxford after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided he will face no charges arising from claims against him by a female student. Chemistry student Mr Dent...
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Imperial appoints medical principal
Imperial College is reversing London's medical brain drain with the appointment of Christopher Edwards, dean of Edinburgh University's faculty of medicine, as principal of its new medical school. The...
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Suicides linked to poverty
Bristol University research into suicide and attempted suicide supports the importance of social policy measures in improving mental health. Researchers in the department of social medicine examined...
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Exclusion zone fears
There are a good many serious threats to academic freedom in this country, but the tyranny of "theory" is not one of them. If "theory" is about anything it is about opening up spaces for those who...
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Quest for an IQ test
May I insert one or two conceptual points into the debate on intelligence testing (THES, July 7, 14 ) before it takes off again on predictable lines? Establishing what is intelligence is a conceptual...
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Skin-deep dilemmas
The page in The THES allotted to research is, I am sure, generally appreciated by readers. However, I must object to the form of presentation of the article on "skin" (July 7) which was...