The full creative landscape
The AHRC wants to know which cultural elements, past and present, should inform policy-making. Zoe Corbyn reports
The AHRC wants to know which cultural elements, past and present, should inform policy-making. Zoe Corbyn reports
The espresso is Italy's gift to the world and the ideal stimulant for the creative mind, says Graham Farmelo
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand TourBy Carole Paul, lecturer in art history, University of California at Santa Barbara....
World-class universities are a colossal national asset, but which country is best at developing them?
The head of Turkey's Constitutional Court has dashed the hopes of thousands of Muslims that the ban on headscarves in universities will be lifted. In a high-profile speech before Recep Erdogan, the...
Quentin Skinner will join Queen Mary, University of London, this month as Barber Beaumont professor of humanities. Professor Skinner, who has served as distinguished visiting professor at Queen Mary...
As reported earlier, Andrew Pakes, press officer for the Association of University Teachers, stood as a councillor for the Labour Party in the elections held earlier this month. Alas he did not win,...
What were the high points of 2008 for academic leaders and politicians? Inventive use of courgettes, 'coming out' as a Brummie and Robert Plant were among the more unusual. But Obamamania, career...
(?) = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- (?)Patronizing the ArtsBy Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan Jr professor of English and of visual and environmental studies, Harvard University. Princeton...
Continental business schools are spearheading the attempt to access the lucrative market for higher education in English. Matthew Reisz reports
The Burning Tigris
Fifty years ago, the seismologist Charles Richter - he of the famous scale - lamented that "ancient accounts of earthquakes do not help us much; they are incomplete, and accuracy is usually...
Commentators have not scrutinised Gordon Brown's role in the battle to topple Saddam. How curious, says Tim Dunne
Understanding demographic trends is key to the survival of universities over the next two decades, says Sir Muir Russell
Tom Turner on the cultivated intellect