First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel about Trinidad by a writer with a famous elder brother: "Egbert Ramsaran kept cows." * Entries...
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Red on maps, grey in minds
Britannia's Empire - The Absent-Minded Imperialists
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Chequered past of a seductive vessel
The Mystery of the Portland Vase
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In the grip of a hostile takeover
Killing Thinking
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So who merits a break?
The Lucky Few and the Worthy Many
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Open market in the empire of the word
Publishing in China
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Turn young minds to dangerous thoughts
The Art of Teaching
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The 'study now, pay later' plan
Financing Higher Education
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Help students to compose themselves
Writing on the Margins
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
Ecotoxicology, first christened in 1969, is a young discipline formulated in response to the environmental devastation caused by organochlorine pesticides and industrial pollutants. I was aware of...
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‘I can’t back daft policies’
Charles Tripp is a key figure in the study of the Middle East. He was called to No 10 before the invasion of Iraq but, he tells Michael North, Tony Blair has not asked him back. Charles Tripp’s...
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Job boom looms as older staff bow out
Young academics may enjoy a boom in job opportunities not seen for a generation as new universities are forced to replace thousands of ageing staff, a new report suggests. Analysis by The Times...
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Anti-cheat software turned on academe
Software used to catch student cheats may soon be employed by journal publishers to help detect duplication and plagiarism by researchers. Plans by two of the world's major academic publishers,...
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'What was once only a theoretical possibility we now know can happen'
Alison Murdoch believes the breakthrough in human cloning made by her team at Newcastle University will give fresh impetus to UK academics in related fields Alison Murdoch is co-director of the team...