Dr Dai Llemmer
It's been a busy few weeks in the run-up to the new university year. First, let's drop in again on Dr Dai Llemmer's v-c helpline to test the pulse of the nation's academic leaders, before turning to...
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The right to shake hands
Despite receiving proper support during his course, when it came to the degree ceremony, one young man found himself discriminated against. Martin Crick reports on a case with lessons for all...
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Refusing to be terrorised
The Faces of Terrorism - Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism
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A quirky brane-teaser about our origins
Endless Universe
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from an imperial tale: "The Spanish army and the court lay in Andalusia, at Santa Fe, a new white...
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Still can't be bothered to vote
Politics and the People
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Sniff for safety's sake
Suffer and Survive
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What's up, my Lord, sweetest dear teacher?
Marcus Aurelius in Love
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The pragmatic leader cloaked in a robe of homespun piety
The Bush Administration
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'I very much value the opportunity to listen to students' perspectives'
One of the fathers of HTML joins UWE to help train the web's next generation of developers and torch-bearers It is hard to imagine life without the internet, but there was a time when it was the...
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Next week
A healthy debate Mary Warnock considers the ethical case for ever-improving medical interventions that may ultimately let the wealthy few live for ever PLUS In the dock: why universities are still...
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Millions of free books to be put online
A consortium of US universities has taken a major step towards the mass digitisation of its book collections. In a move that offers a non-profit alternative to commercial digitisation schemes offered...
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Poorest students get us grant filip
President Bush has signed a bill to put an extra £5.7 billion into financial help for poor students. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 will put the money into Pell grants, which are...
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Ahmadinejad's US visit stirs funding trouble
A US politician has put forward a bill proposing that a prestigious university be denied state funds because it hosted a talk by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Republican Duncan Hunter said...
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Huge donation to benefit US college
Claremont McKenna College in the US has been given a £100 million donation, among the biggest ever received by a university. The gift was made by alumnus Robert Day and will create a scholarship...