With this witty and polemical book, Terry Eagleton finally fulfils the promise of his early years as a left-wing Catholic. Here at last is his defence of Christianity as a radical movement comparable...
When the weekly series The Canon began in April 2009, the question was posed: is there a "baggy monster" of a book that has opened up new ways of thinking and come to count as a classic in your...
A look at copyright crime from the student point of view is a refreshing change, says Kim Louise Walden
We all have one or two of them, or at least most of us do - books that made us readers, if not bibliophiles. Some are books to be proclaimed proudly in conversation - Hans Christian Andersen's...
We discover how old we are when the people we read in our youth are rediscovered by a subsequent generation. The renewed interest in figures such as Shulamith Firestone and Kate Millett is a theme of...
A.W. Purdue enjoys this well-told tale, but isn't convinced that riots brought about social change
? = Review forthcomingGEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES- ? The Handbook of Sustainability LiteracyEdited by Arran Stibbe, senior lecturer in the department of humanities, University of...
Liverpool Hope's nine-to-five plans prompt debate about academics' working lives, writes Ciaran Jones
CorruptionTuition fee bribes for foreign workThe City of London Police has uncovered evidence that British firms are paying foreign students' tuition fees to win international contracts. The force's...
Unison prepares campaign to reverse planned closures of nurseries. Hannah Fearn reports
The University of Sunderland's CitySpace, which opens next week, was designed by architects FaulknerBrowns to act as the focal point for all non-academic aspects of campus life: sport, socialising...
Study also shows that provision does not affect sales of printed texts. Rebecca Attwood reports
Martin Hall is excited by the university's role in the 'media hub' of the North. Rebecca Attwood writes
Universities in the US and the UK want to dominate, not collaborate with, other countries, argues Andy Kirkpatrick
Frank Furedi says there is no academic or pedagogic merit in awarding marks to students simply because they've shown up