The UK's new points-based immigration system will result in "the most sensitive period for 20 years" for the recruitment of overseas students.Dominic Scott, chief executive of the UK Council for...
The University of Lancaster has withdrawn a brief description of a PhD studentship from its internal newsletter in an incident that some have described as self-censorship.Although the details...
Gary Day watches Jamie at boiling point while Schama remains calm, but Indian men prove sadly delusional
Tara Brabazon offers her students funky furniture and an opportunity to find out what their international peers are up to
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Scientists say degree courses in complementary therapies and alternative medicine are 'baloney' and 'mumbo-jumbo'. CAM academics disagree passionately. Zoe Corbyn checks out the fray
Sex is researched across many disciplines, but there are no certificated courses in sexology in the UK. Matthew Reisz considers some of the scientists who are focusing on sexual functioning and...
Whatever their social and cultural backgrounds, students will flourish if we take them seriously and impart a love of our subject, says Frank Furedi
Sore points - Does complementary and alternative medicine have a place in the academy?
Choosing the 18 winners from the shortlisted entries has been extremely difficult and they can rightly be proud of their success: each represents excellence in their field and we congratulate them...
A.W. Purdue on ten years of adroit scholarship that helped to revitalise a discipline in Britain
The visual reticence of this little book, 20 x 15 cm, with a grey cover showing a black-and-white photograph, undersells the expansiveness, diversity and materiality of its subject. The title is...
There often seems to be little common ground between the hyper-realist, often hawkish style of analysis associated with Robert Kagan, and the hyper-critical type of the Chomskyan variety that regards...
Drummond Bone does not warm to a harsh critic but enjoys his cut-throat literary world