When I picked up this book, I was expecting two things: a study of the creative retelling of a key classical myth (or its reception) in children's literature; and a focus on texts of fantasy fiction...
Like it or loathe it, you can't really ignore the papacy. It's the world's oldest dynasty, and it commands the loyalty of nearly a fifth of the world's population and the attention of a great many...
Peter Hill admires a Japanese artist whose obsessive nature has led to the production of works at an incomparable rate
EdinburghThe Sculpture ShowThis major exhibition, which continues at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art until 24 June, celebrates sculpture in all its many forms. Taking over all the...
Credit: Bregezer Festspiele/Karl ForsterCiao bella: Judith Weir's Miss Fortune updates a Sicilian folk taleThe Olympic year will bring with it the London 2012 Festival, modestly billed as "the...
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has reminded all academic staff that the making of New Year's resolutions is a violation of official university policy.He told our reporter...
Although UK institutions' foreign-accreditation initiatives have been largely problem-free, even a few disasters are too many
US students flock to unmanned-aircraft degrees as civilian market beckons. Jon Marcus reports
• An Indian postgraduate at Lancaster University was shot dead on 26 December as he made his way to the opening of the sales in Manchester. A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Anuj...
The Knight review of Australia's student-visa programme has ushered in changes Down Under that are an inconvenience for the UK, but they are not the real cause of our current malaise - or the biggest...
UCFB College of Football BusinessRichard FlashA former professional footballer has taken up the post of lecturer in football business and marketing at the UCFB College of Football Business.Richard...
Downton Abbey's true star, argues A.W. Purdue, is the house itself: the ultimate British status symbol
The University of Wales was brought down by validation, its money-making machine. David Matthews asks how that happened, how others might be stopped from putting cash before quality and whether the...
An open letter to David WillettsWe the undersigned are writing to you in your capacity as the minister of state for universities and science to again ask you to initiate an inquiry into the role and...
"One quango to rule them all?" (22/29 December) set out many of the difficulties with the government's proposal to make the Higher Education Funding Council for England a "super-regulator". The...