Wales accused of top-up retreat
The Welsh Assembly has been accused of bowing to Westminster in a dispute over who should foot the bill if Wales opts out of introducing top-up fees. Education secretary Charles Clarke and Welsh...
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Bac plan will force degree overhaul
Proposals for a new baccalaureate-style qualifications system for 14 to 19-year-olds could mean universities having to redesign degree courses and rethink admissions policies, universities and...
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Next week
Three into one Philosophy associations join forces in Belfast. Liberty bound What do we need to be free? Amartya Sen's Rationality and Freedom is reviewed by John Dunn. Post-Saddam Rebuilding Iraq's...
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New title, new identity
Higher education college leaders have welcomed the news that the London Institute has been awarded a university title. The decision, announced by the government on Tuesday, "sets an important...
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Learn to be a leader
Lancaster University's management school is to lead a consortium to provide a leadership college for the learning and skills sector. The college, to be known as the Centre for Excellence in...
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Sleights of screen put the magic in Oz
The Invisible Art
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Shaky steps to centre stage
A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1
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'Evil empire' strikes back
Leaving Earth
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A duffer's guide to the universe
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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Delicious dips into the vortex
The Burlington Magazine
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Artistry that's off the shelf
Five Hundred Years of Book Design
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Ethical sheep and moral maize
Biotechnology
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Nobel prizewinning physicist with a sceptical interest in philosophy: "The origin of the universe is...
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Minds run free with the debris of giants
The Archaeology of Nostalgia
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The formidable life of Nemo Sciat
Becoming George