OU to slim as cost of greater access bites
The Open University is set to shed more than 200 staff and may cut contact with students further in a bid to prevent a financial crisis caused partly by its expensive efforts to widen participation....
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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 work by an Old Etonian down on his luck: "The Rue du Coq d'Or, Paris, seven in the morning." The...
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Chilled nudes and cold flesh
Lucian Freud
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How 'no' inspired great US minds
The Gold and the Blue
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Sideswipe with blinkered eyes
The Art of Looking Sideways
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Windows upon a Hindu universe
Cosmic Architecture in India
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High crisis, low yields blown in by thrilling winds of change
Universities after Communism
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A hostile takeover of global cinema
Global Hollywood
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Just for starters
Research Methods for Postgraduates
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Murky reflections of temples and images
Burma's Lost Kingdoms
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Laurie Taylor column
Maureen The Departmental Secretary Department of Media and Cultural Studies University of Poppleton Poppleton PP12 6HP Dear Maureen Yes, it's your old friend, Doctor Piercemuller. I'm dropping you a...
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Should we pay for the sins of our fathers?
American descendants of African slaves are among a growing band seeking reparation for wrongdoings committed more than a century ago. James Walvin asks whether they have a case. I have studied the...
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Pupils 'try before they buy'
Under pressure to recruit from a broader range of backgrounds, universities are offering school pupils a taste of college life during their summer break. Catherine Quinn reports. Victoria Narra, a...
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How to spot the students with an A for aptitude
Traditional exam results are not necessarily the best way to measure student potential. Harriet Swain reports on efforts to improve admissions procedures that also help to widen access for non-...
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Green father of earth mother
Once dismissed as heresy, Jim Lovelock's theory of earth as a single organism has become an accepted orthodoxy. Fred Pearce talks to the self-styled father of the environmental movement. Jim Lovelock...