Revealed: how sleeping patterns shape student performance
US study reveals that it’s not just a matter of how much sleep learners get – when they go to bed matters, too

US study reveals that it’s not just a matter of how much sleep learners get – when they go to bed matters, too

Historically black colleges and universities in the US have never had the funding or the prestige enjoyed by many other institutions. Yet, argue Marybeth Gasman and Thai-Huy Nguyen, they may have...

Why study a theology degree? Our essential guide to what you will learn on a theology course, what you should study to get your place on a degree, and what jobs you can get once you graduate

Why study a philosophy degree? Our essential guide to what you will learn on a philosophy course, what you should study to get your place on a degree, and what jobs you can get once you graduate.

Book of the week: Suzanne Franks assesses the state – and future directions – of media studies

Davina Quinlivan welcomes a bold new overview of where lesbian cinema is going today

Why study an English language degree? Our essential guide to what you will learn on an English language course, what you should study to get your place on a degree, and what jobs you can get once you...

Michael Wheeler enjoys an account of how philosophy can illuminate many aspects of ‘the beautiful game’

Why study an English literature degree? Our essential guide to what you will learn on an English literature course, what you should study to get your place on a degree, and what jobs you can get once...

The author of Haunted Bauhaus on youthful mysteries, rediscovering lost women in the archives and queering history

Our essential guide to what you will learn on a languages course, what you should study to get your place on a degree, and what jobs you can get once you graduate

Harriet Dunbar-Morris applauds a new guide to how academics can serve as coaches and ‘signposters’

Randy Robertson urges universities to look again at the downsides of highly specialist degrees

Obama’s election supposedly heralded a ‘post-racial’ era, yet inequalities persist for the black community. Today, HBCUs have lessons for us all