Thames Valley University has been granted permission by the Privy Council to change its name to the University of West London.Thames Valley said its announcement today highlighted “a strategic shift...
The US academy should treat discrimination against Christian students or scholars as seriously as it would racism or sexism, according to Timothy Larsen, for Inside Higher Ed
The student visa system is to be reviewed following a surge in the number of visas issued.Damian Green, the immigration minister, said the review would represent a “thorough evaluation” of the system...
At the heart of Japan’s decline is a dearth of international collaboration. Paul Jump reports
Universities’ competitive position is at stake, warns Beveridge review. Hannah Fearn reports
On 29 July we reported that the University of Cambridge had “topped a shortlist” to receive funding from the UK Space Agency for interplanetary exploration.In fact, the space agency has awarded £3.65...
How was Noah's Ark built? And while we're on the subject, exactly how much food and space did its animals require? And another thing: how much salt did the Earth contain at its origin?Pressing...
My nomination for inclusion in the Canon goes to a grammar book. How ridiculous, you may think - how can a grammar book be inspiring? In the words of the American linguist H.A. Gleason, "the English-...
Jules Pretty looks at the changing face of our ecosystems, warts and all
Some archive trawling and analysis would have improved this fine narrative, says Andrew Knapp
Has a sexualised net brought democratic freedom or digital exploitation? Alison Adam mulls the issue
In 1991, as this book notes, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation launched what would become the largest effort ever made to improve graduate education in the humanities in the US. The Graduate Education...
What do they know of jazz, who only musicians know? A few months ago, these pages noticed with approval Harvey Cohen's sophisticated, culturally situated account of the life and work of Duke...
Amid the decline of newspapers, Frank Webster finds hope in the rise of the citizen journalist
In the 2000 film Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, a single mother arrives in a small French town where, to the consternation of the local priest, she establishes a small...