First Impressions
This week's competition, to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an early example of science fiction: "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this...
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Discursive tales attempt to tell definitive story
The Dictionary Men
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Anyone familiar with the phrase 'caveat emptor'?
A Natural History of Latin
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Science blasé on terror
Scientists in the UK are failing to consider potential terror threats resulting from their work and dismissing warnings about bio-weapons, new research reveals. Group interviews with more than 600...
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New moves to combat extremism on campus
Universities should set up "response teams" of senior staff to react to extremist incidents, according to new official guidance that warns of heightened tension and intolerance on campus. The...
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'This came out of the blue for me. It is a great honour'
Psychologist David Perrett is one of 35 professors to be elected fellow of the British Academy Psychologist David Perrett, head of St Andrews University's perception laboratory, is one of 35...
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BA fellows
The British Academy has appointed the following officers for 2005-06: Onora O'Neil , president; Roger Kain , treasurer; Nicholas Mann , foreign secretary; David McKitterick , publications secretary;...
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Radical groups face scrutiny
Universities are being advised on how to deal with extremist activity. Paul Hill and Phil Baty report Two radical Islamist groups banned on university campuses but still highly active according to...
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Who's who
HIZB UT-TAHRIR (Islamic Liberation Party) Described in the leaked Home Office/Foreign Office papers as a "structured extremist organisation", Hizb ut-Tahrir was founded in 1953, in Jerusalem, by a...
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Bombings spark fears of foreign rush to cancel UK study plans
Terrorism fears could lead overseas students to cancel plans to study in the UK, with dire consequences for universities' income and their share of the international recruitment market, experts...
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'Even if the students aren't worried, their parents will be'
Indian student Amartya Sinha says he was "petrified" when he heard about the bomb attacks, some of which occurred a short walk from his accommodation at International Students' House. He said: "A lot...
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Next week
RAE Countdown 2008 How will you be judged? Full unrivalled analysis of the proposed criteria of the research assessment exercise panels as the countdown to the 2008 RAE begins in earnest
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Research leaders promise to keep European council on track
Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister, and Janez Potocynik, the European Research Commissioner, have reiterated their support for a Europe-wide funding agency for basic research despite continuing...
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Tourists skip sober trips for the drama of bootleggers, voodoo and sinful ghosts
Ghost tours, voodoo experiences and gangster trails are examples of a burgeoning market in holidays that owe more to the theatre and theme parks than to traditional tourism, according to the latest...
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Will RAE be wooed by weight of words?
Academics in the arts and humanities are waiting anxiously to hear the resolution of what has become known as the "super-book" issue: how much will major written works count when compared with basic...