Antimatter and antipasta at the anti-conference
John Gilbey was on first-name terms with Nobel laureates and all the other 'campers' at Science Foo, a three-day intellectual free-for-all that left him exhausted but elated
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2 October 2008
Look out, America - The Bologna Process is set to make the UK and Europe into a higher education superpower
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Bright life clouded by dark matter
Einstein was no saint, but nor was he a womanising, avaricious bumbler, says Graham Farmelo
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Faeries, Bears and Leathermen: Men in Community Queering the Masculine
A homosexual is not a homosexual is not a homosexual: the idea of a homosexual - once useful - is now profoundly unhelpful. The study of lesbian and gay lives in all their richness and pluralities...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Heffers, cambridge
1 Road to Success: A Career Manual by Alexander R. Margulis Academic Press, £18.99 ISBN 97801237058782 Economics: A Very Short Introduction by Partha Dasgupta Oxford University Press, £6.99 ISBN...
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Book of the week: Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
Philip Kemp enjoys a serious exploration of the cinematic epic
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The week in books
Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great by Andrew Lambert, Laughton professor of naval history, King's College London. Faber and Faber, £20.00, ISBN 9780571231560"Nelson stands far...
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Published this week
GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESUrban Regeneration in the UK: Theory and PracticeBy Phil Jones, lecturer in human geography, University of Birmingham, and James Evans, lecturer in geography,...
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From where I sit - Grandes ecoles a class apart?
What to do when your higher education system receives poor ratings in the two international league tables of note, the ߣߣÊÓƵ-QS World University Rankings and that of Shanghai Jiao...
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Who created our University? The argument rages
The great evolution versus intelligent design debate surfaced on our campus last week following the publication of the vice-chancellor's letter to new students. In his letter, the v-c repeatedly...
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The curse of the mummies
Sally Feldman has spotted a new breed of troublemaker appearing on campus
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Research intelligence - When minds come together across the virtual 'sandpit'
£36 million is being offered to fund three new cross-discipline digital research 'hubs'. Chloe Stothart reports
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Off Piste: When hairy means scary
A refusal to visit a barber was a badge of defiance for Sixties youth, but Simon Goldhill, an academic with a beard, warns that in adult life anxieties over the boundary between public and pubic can...
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Leader: Flaws of industrial designs
It is right for universities to co-operate with business, but not to cater to a demand for out-of-the-box employees
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Chris Curtis, 1939-2008
Chris Curtis, an internationally renowned medical entomologist who pioneered new ways of combating malaria and other tropical diseases, has died.Born in Oxshott, Surrey, on 25 September 1939, he...