Agent of change
John Bull is riveted as David Hare maps out the tense, ambiguous territory between political expediency and personal integrity
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Diary
LiverpoolCostume Drama: Fashion from 1790 to 1850Sudley House, a grand Victorian merchant's residence, makes the perfect setting for an exhibition on the development of men's and women's fashion at a...
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The Pick - Voewood Festival
Credit: GettyThe Dandy Highwayman: Stuart Goddard, also known as Adam AntVoewood FestivalHigh Kelling, NorfolkVoewood, later known as Home Place, is a celebrated Arts and Crafts residence built...
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Home thoughts from abroad
Evidence that phone hacking may now be endemic on our campus is provided by this recently released transcript of a relatively intimate conversation between Professor Lapping of the Department of...
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High-profile titles lead the field in number of retractions
Analysis reveals higher rates of withdrawn research papers for top science journals. Paul Jump reports
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Leader: In a terrible state o' chassis
A United Kingdom? Not where tuition fees are concerned - and the divergent regimes are causing increasing strains
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Congratulations to us on our fine RAE results, staff and, er, students
Degree ceremonies have become shameless branding exercises in which graduates are mere afterthoughts, laments Susan Bassnett
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Research intelligence - Breaking through the glass ceiling
A new initiative aims to tackle the 'leaky pipeline' for women in UK science, reports Nicola Davis
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The week in higher education
• Another year brought another improvement in the A-level pass rate, which reached 97.8 per cent, up from 97.6 per cent in 2010. Just as predictable was the flood of advice that followed on what...
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From where I sit - Big Mac education
Almost 20 per cent of students studying for British first degrees do not reside in the UK, but rather study at one of the country's 13 branch campuses or, more likely, via franchise arrangements:...
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Appointments
University College LondonMichael WortonAn English academic has been honoured with an award usually reserved for French nationals. Michael Worton, vice-provost (international) and Fielden professor of...
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Where is Physics Barbie?
We need role models that encourage girls to study science, says Athene Donald
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Specsaviours
They're here, they're square, they occasionally look like Brian Cox: Alice Bell and Adam Corner on the new-found cool of the science-minded, big-brained, increasingly self-confident geeks
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Toll barriers
Increased tuition fees could dramatically alter the flow of students around the UK, with many choosing not to travel outside their home country. David Matthews considers how the devolved nations...
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Starkey's ignorance is hardly work of history
In David Starkey's regular appearances on BBC's Newsnight, Newsnight Review and Question Time, he is introduced as "the historian, David Starkey", just as Emily Maitlis introduced him on the...