Free speech is sedition for some 2
The Academics for Academic Freedom's statement does not address the main difficulty facing academics who are prepared to speak out against the corruption of higher education by the attempt to convert...
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Free speech is sedition for some 3
I know it's a slack season for journalism, but can't you tell when you are being set up by another Institute of Ideas stunt? Dennis Hayes and the institute are after a "free market" in ideas as in...
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Free speech is sedition for some 4
I agree that academics should be free under the law to speak out in their areas of expertise in the same way that employment law protects those who whistleblow on issues at work. There is a...
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Free speech is sedition for some 5
"Scholars demand right to be offensive" declares the front page of the December 22/29 issue of The Times Higher . "Campus bid to ban racy 'totty' contests," says page 2. Hmm. Gregory Boone By e-mail
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Putting practice into the theory
Theory is alive and well, argue Derek Attridge and Jane Elliott, but it has taken a more practical diversion Is theory dead, as some have claimed? At the height of theory's impact on humanities...
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The young and wise are late to rise
Are we at our most alert in the morning? In the case of young adults the answer is no, says Russell Foster, a fact that may have a detrimental impact on their ability to learn We spend about 30 per...
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The stuff of stars
Brian Cox had success in a band, but he stuck with his first love, science, and is now a team leader on the Large Hadron Collider. Mandy Garner meets the 'cool' face of physics Not many physics...
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Our next book club selection is from...
Which academics are set to make a mark on the popular bestseller lists in the coming year? Publishers offer Harriet Swain their hot tips for 2007 If the recent boom in popular science and history...
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Wellbeing, War and other everyday matters
JOE MORAN For someone who chooses to study the mundane, Joe Moran has made his publishers very excited. Moran's Reading the Everyday, which studied the places and routines of everyday life, such as...
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Chinese dragon's double vision
Universities could be key to finding a common direction for diverging nationalist and internationalist agendas in China, claims Rana Mitter Give China a chance." You could hear this slogan frequently...
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Today's news
Redbrick golfers elbow Oxbridge out of the boardroom The average company director is likely to come from a redbrick university, be male and play golf, a survey has revealed. An study of 14,000...
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Latest research news
Wikipedia links used to build smart reading lists Software that generates a list of reading material tailored to a person's individual interests has been developed by a PhD student in the US....
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Today's news
Student loans system defended The student loans system has been defended against allegations it overcharged graduates and was not "fit for purpose", after the Conservatives said 21,774 former...
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Today's news
Students overcharged as loans system fails Thousands of graduates are being overcharged for their student loans every year and calls to overhaul the system are growing. Government figures show that...
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Numbers of the beast
Symmetry and the Monster