The percentage increase in the number of managers in higher education in recent years is more than twice that for academics, an analysis of new figures has suggested. Data released by the Higher...
Mary Warnock navigates the moral questions that come to bear on the having of children
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Who was responsible for the First World War? That Germany was largely to blame has become the established view, but Sean McMeekin points his finger at a different culprit, Russia. His thesis is...
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Eva Aldea is intrigued by an account of our enduring fascination with barbarous images
William Monter's subject is female kings: a contradiction in terms, one might think. But as he points out, the word "queen", from the Anglo-Saxon cwén, in origin means a king's wife, not a female...
As its title indicates, this book is an attempt to unravel what it means to be human in the past, present and future. Its ambition is to provide "a comprehensive set of historical, philosophical and...
Head of universities group criticises self-interest of 'globalising' institutions. Phil Baty writes
V-c set to boost research strength and speak 'the right language' to students. Jack Grove reports
Society needs to look beyond the images of "cool", "unconventional" creative workers and find better ways for them, and for academics, to lead "liveable lives", a speaker at the British Academy...
IndiaHigher lab bench benchmarksA leading academic has urged India to strengthen science teaching in schools and universities to improve the country's research and attract overseas students. Baldev...
Selecting students on the basis of race in the US could be outlawed if a Supreme Court action is successful.
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Conservative education secretary is said to be pushing for oversight of higher education. Simon Baker reports