In my student days, we spoke admiringly of the "strong readings" that Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida made of past thinkers: readings that to ordinary readers looked like wilful misreadings, if...
University of Cambridge historian Mary Laven, whose new book makes compelling reading, acknowledges that Matteo Ricci's story has been told before from a wide range of perspectives. So what more can...
Institutions are warned over price-setting as MPs are asked to investigate. Simon Baker reports
Democracies could be facing a dangerous future because they work so well. Matthew Reisz reports
Research council fundingRCUK faces 40 per cent cutThe budget of Research Councils UK is to fall by 40 per cent over the coming four-year spending period. According to RCUK's delivery plan, released...
ߣߣÊÓƵ's growing sector must redouble its efforts to recruit new academic blood, writes Simon Baker
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winner: David E. Shuttleton• Institution: University of Glasgow• Value: £561,874The consultation letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-90) at the Royal...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: I can't take the (slow) pace
University of SouthamptonMalcolm AceA "proud Welshman" who has spent his entire career working in higher education administration has been appointed chief operating officer at the University of...
Michael Chung proposes the Einstein/Murray Rule to help researchers determine the true value of their work
The 'impact' of great work is neither immediate nor measurable by the apparatchiks: it echoes down the ages, says Simon Blackburn
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UEL and London Met plans may signal 'unequal distribution of cultural capital'. John Morgan writes
Thousands of students in England may be taking longer to accept offers of university places this autumn because they wrongly believe they will face tuition fees of up to £9,000 from their second year...
Critical voices question national negotiations in era of differing income levels. John Morgan writes