A slide into mediocrity
The PowerPoint presentation is redefining public speaking. Tara Brabazon argues that it is an unnecessary evil
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Government announces strict new rules for recruiting international students
The Government has recently announced proposals for tighter rules for international students hoping to come into the UK to study, and for the colleges and universities hosting them. The proposals...
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Top 10 scientists in clinical medicine based on total citations
Scientist Papers CitationsCitations per paper1Walter C. Willett (epidemiology) Harvard University, Boston, MA55328,39351.342Meir J. Stampfer (epidemiology) Harvard University, Boston, MA33824,49472....
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A passion for teaching
"Passionate and uncompromising dedication and commitment. Sparkling intelligence and enthusiasm. The greatest professor I ever had.""He is the most passionate teacher I have ever had in my life. He...
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The spark that tingled to my bones
Tom Palaima tells of the passion that drove him to teach Classics and how it is at odds with the 'educational shopping mall' vision of officialdom
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Things that go bump in the night
Cern's 27km-long underground Collider may lead particle physicists to the 'theory of everything'. But before that, they must educate a wide-eyed public in the basics of science. Matthew Reisz reports
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X-rated bravado and the Y-fronted truth
Are US students getting it? Not according to a new wave of campus magazines that aim to foster healthy ideas and adult discussion about sex. Jon Marcus gets under the covers
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Heriot-Watt
1. Conference Interpreting, Second Edition by Roderick Jones St Jerome Publishing, £18.00 ISBN 97819006505712. e-Learning Skills, Second Edition by Alan Clarke Palgrave Macmillan, £12.99 ISBN...
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Life classes for a student who died
Duncan Wu delights in a generous-hearted reminder of the humanity inherent in teaching
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Punctuation: Art, Politics and Play
This is the book that puts the "pun", not to mention the "punk", in "punctuation". Jennifer DeVere Brody focuses on punctuation as performance, highlighting its role in novels, poetry, art, dance and...
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Reinventing Foreign Aid
Sixty years after it started, foreign aid has become a debating matter once again. As sharply as ever before, opinion is deeply divided about whether or not aid works. For the optimists, aid is...
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Step outside the Rogerian circle
Gail Kinman asks whether a condemnation of 'therapeutic education' examines all the evidence
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Drugs and Crime
Given the perennial public concerns about the drugs problem and the flourishing of undergraduate and masters courses in drugs and crime in many universities, Richard Hammersley's new textbook in...
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Emigrant Nation: The Making of Italy Abroad
For centuries, high birth rates and a weak economy drove Italians in their millions across the Alps and overseas in search of work. In the Early Modern period, central and northern Europe were the...
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Assessing the assessors
Lee Harvey takes a critical look at an analysis of what education tests really say about students