The government has consistently said that its priority for higher education is broadening access and that it would use money raised from student fees for both higher and further education. Today the...
Asa Briggs's review of Roy Porter and G. S. Rousseau's book, Gout: The Patrician Malady, (THES, February 19) helps to propagate the dangerous notion that gout is an ailment of posh people. Whether...
Patrick Parrinder is right to say that it is doubtful how far holders of copyright can control the use of material in the public domain (Letters, THES, February 19). The difficulty with the Textual...
It's nice to see Diana Rigg is lecturing in Oxford as Cameron Mackintosh professor of theatre at St Catherine's. As a Catz student in 1968, I remember what might have been her first lecture among the...
As one of the "peripatetic fiftysomethings" (THES, February 12), I have derived considerable enjoyment from recent holidays in Peru and Tanzania. "Seeking a new identity"? No, the answer is much...
Building machines that can visualise objects they have never before encountered is a momentous task. But can we do it now? The simple act of seeing raises difficult questions for those interested in...
Interdisciplinary research centres are springing up across the country. Olga Wojtas reports on the Irish and Scottish studies institute in Aberdeen, while Julia Hinde looks at the digital world The...
Interdisciplinary research centres are springing up across the country. Olga Wojtas reports on the Irish and Scottish studies institute in Aberdeen, while Julia Hinde looks at the digital world...
Researchers who cross disciplines need to break a vicious circle to win recognition. A separate RAE could be the answer, argues Joyce Tait At last there is evidence that interdisciplinary research is...
Consult a cyber-recruiter to plan your career says Natasha Loder Most postgraduates find they are poorly served by university careers centres. With hundreds of students passing through their doors,...
British physicists plan to build an advanced machine to create beams of radioactive nuclei that could shine new light on astrophysics and revolutionise radiotherapy. Sirius would be the first British...
A new online journal is showcasing science by American undergraduates. Ayala Ochert reports "The sooner you get involved in research the better," Mina Bissell tells undergraduates in her charge....
(Photograph) - Liverpool Crown Court this week found a secretary from Liverpool University guilty of causing 'fear by violence' after she subjected criminologist David Canter (above) and his research...
Oxford University has bolstered its historical collegiate structure in the face of threatened centralism with a new agreement for the distribution of its colleges' income, writes Phil Baty. The...
A hard-up American public university has literally been given a gold mine. Montana Tech, which faces a $500,000 operating deficit this year, would get an estimated $60 million in royalties from a...