Oxford admissions rouse passion as two tribes war over 'unfairness'
Privilege and discrimination: what better topics for a frenzied debate? John Morgan listened in

Privilege and discrimination: what better topics for a frenzied debate? John Morgan listened in
Guarantee scheme will aid banks, not us, insists European Student Union. Matthew Reisz reports

The story of a black actor on the Victorian stage raises questions about race and racism in today's theatre, argues Peter J.Smith

Romney's and Obama's positions on education converge as election nears. Jon Marcus writes
• While the furore over Jimmy Savile continues to rage at the BBC, The Guardian's Hugh Muir questioned why St Mary's University College, Twickenham has "not seen fit" to remove the priest Laurence...
In the high fees era, debates about teaching qualifications will be just as pointed in the lecture hall as in the classroom
"What do US higher education people think about the Bologna Process?" a university rector asked me at last month's Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan. Resisting the urge...

It’s not too early to tell who is to blame for the unnecessary death of millions, says Kerry Brown

Alison Bashford applauds a magisterial study of scarily relevant bioeconomic history
A doorstop of a book from Allen Lane can be a daunting prospect. But, having read Anne Applebaum’s prizewinning Gulag: A History of the Soviet Camps (2003), I knew that appearances can be deceptive....
Since the 2008 election of Democrat Barack Obama, the US’ first black president, a movement known as the Tea Party has emerged within the Republican Party. Here, Lawrence Rosenthal and Christine...
The man-woman pairing displaced other well-established forms of bonding, finds Robert Mills
These are exciting times for Irish archaeology. Investigation into sites, buildings and artefacts surviving from the later medieval and early modern period (c.1200-c.1700) have yielded important new...
“What is the use,” asks Alice at the opening of her Adventures in Wonderland, “of a book without pictures or conversations?” If we extend her argument, what could be of more use than a book that...

This impressive Orthodox cross, made from intricately carved cypress wood, was used for the benediction of the congregation during the Liturgy and was probably made in the monastic community of Mount...