In American Oracle, David Blight uses the sesquicentenary of the American Civil War and the juxtaposition of that war's centenary with contemporaneous civil rights struggles in a bid to reopen the...
Judith Weingarten on whether a teenage ruler's antics were as depraved as we've been told
Is there a premium for being beautiful? And if there is, why is that so? In times of global economic crises, one may perhaps wonder whether economists should investigate these questions. This book...
Maurizio Viroli is a distinguished Italian liberal political philosopher and historian of thought who, these days, lives in a sort of exile, sharing appointments between Princeton University and the...
Institutions tout for validation business among colleges hit by withdrawal, writes David Matthews
ItalyGod saves scienceAn Italian biomedical research centre has been rescued from bankruptcy by the Church. Legal permission has been granted for the Institute for Works of Religion - commonly known...
Envoys' visit to UK signals internationalisation's importance to Asian giant. John Morgan reports
Israeli school books' view of Arabs is dangerously biased, an educator says. Matthew Reisz reports
JISCDigitisation programmeMass digitisation• Award winner: Stuart Dunn• Institution: King's College London• Value: £673,269Digital exposure of English place names• Award winner: Michael Peter Alfred...
Sociologist author in a small pond celebrates the overlooked heroes. Matthew Reisz writes
Scholarship awardsManchester seeks elite for PhDsThe University of Manchester is to offer more than 100 "elite" PhD scholarships a year over the next four years. The President's Doctoral Scholar...
Any attempt to legislate to make it easier for private companies to take over universities could be challenged by one of the government's own watchdogs, it has emerged.
Janet Allen says decision unconnected to probe into her former PhD student. Paul Jump reports
Teaching in universities that are usually ranked towards the bottom of higher education league tables is more consistently of a high standard than instruction at institutions towards the top of the...
Dissenters claim Russell Group institutions will still be unfairly advantaged. Paul Jump reports