Reforms pose danger, but arts and humanities should prosper
The “huge risks” that are being taken with the future of the higher education sector have been highlighted in a critical review by the president of the British Academy.
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A third of people have no qualifications in some parts of Britain, study finds
The proportion of the population without any educational qualifications is as high as one in three in some parliamentary constituencies, an analysis has shown.
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A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change
Can a philosophical approach to the climate issue have a practical impact? wonders Steve Yearley
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The Black Legend of Prince Rupert's Dog: Witchcraft and Propaganda During the English Civil War
A tale of a royal's best friend whose reputation was manipulated to scare the enemy delights
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Speciesism, Painism and Happiness: A Morality for the Twenty-First Century
It's generous of Peter Singer to remind us that, even if he has talked a lot about the concept, the term "speciesism" isn't his but Richard Ryder's, coined in 1970 while - so we're told - lying in...
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The Official History of the British Civil Service: Reforming the Civil Service, Volume 1: The Fulton Years, 1966-81
The Official History Programme was established in 1908 to record and learn lessons from the Boer and Russo-Japanese wars, and continued in 1919 with a series of wartime histories. In 1957, the...
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The Soul of the Greeks: An Inquiry
Barbara Graziosi is underwhelmed by a restrictive reading of the ancient Greek soul
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Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith
How have contemporary artists impersonated people from different backgrounds as the basis for art? What have their performances revealed about the fears and fantasies that are projected on to racial...
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Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
We live in an increasingly globalised and integrated world in which people are able to travel and migrate with greater ease than ever before. Whether fleeing political conflict, seeking higher wages...
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Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked Into an Intellectual Black Hole
Martin Cohen finds an attack on irrationality worryingly unscientific in its methods
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The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony, 1845-1852
In the autumn of 1845, a new fungus, later named Phytophthora infestans, struck potato crops. The disease was not restricted to Ireland, ranging as widely as Silesia in Poland, and the US. The blight...
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The Child Reader 1700-1840
"Don't steal this/book if you do I will/beat your brains/out". Perhaps many of us have felt this passionate possessiveness about our books, though few, I suspect, have gone so far as to issue such a...
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Reading Aristotle can roll back the tide of relativism
Educationalist calls for a 'genuine' revival of Classics teaching, reports Matthew Reisz
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Bling, Burberry and back to their council flat: that's 'chavinism', innit?
A study of a form of gay class tourism has raised some unusual ethical issues, writes Matthew Reisz
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News in Brief
AustraliaThe men are coming up shortWomen have all but met the Australian government's higher education attainment goal; however overall targets will not be reached unless participation among men...