Good God, there is more to faith than IQ 3
Does IQ explain academics' lack of belief?: does presumption of an affirmative answer suggest lack of academic rigour?Gavin Wort, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Board games
The articles by Lee Harvey and Higher Education Academy chief executive Paul Ramsden (Opinion, 12 June) are contrasting and instructive.Ramsden persists in claiming that the new "academic council"...
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Freedom still reigns
I was interested in your article "The Nottingham Two and the War on Terror: which of us will be next?" (5 June) but surprised by the interpretation of events that was offered.Inevitably, any arrests...
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Working in tandem
Yes GuildHE and Million+ do differ ("Pride comes before the fallout", 12 June), but we think in common about unlocking talent and giving chances.Million+ is a university think-tank and rightly keeps...
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No martyrdom for me
Readers may be puzzled why my resignation from the Nottingham University and College Union committee was newsworthy, since local officers' departures don't usually garner national attention (Campus...
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A seconds thought
You report my conversation with The Sunday Times regarding my sense, which is backed by that newspaper's statistical analysis, that the 2:2 is becoming an endangered species ("The week in higher...
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Lapping up Tara's wit
As a Laurie Taylor fan, I was pleased that you have given him space on your inside pages. Tara Brabazon, professor of media studies ("It's all pants", 12 June, see related article), is a superb...
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Effective medicine
It is not the case that "research in some areas of medicine, such as dermatology, rheumatology and gynaecology - which rarely appear in top journals - will disappear from Imperial (College London...
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Cheques and balances
A move to put research on a sustainable footing was keenly embraced by all sides, but disagreements over implementation are hindering progress. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Time traveller
It's time American academics engaged in public debate about the legacy of the past century and tried to help heal the rift between the Old and the New Worlds, historian Tony Judt tells Matthew...
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19 June 2008
Storm in a test tube - Everyone wants sustainable research, but tensions are simmering over where the money goes
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Images of Ancient Greek Pederasty: Boys Were Their Gods
Athenian art lauding men's sexual relations with beardless youth still unsettles, says Simon Goldhill
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A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair
A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair. By Stephen Wall. Oxford University Press 240pp, £20.00. ISBN 9780199284559. Published 24 April 2008If ever there was an insider's...
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Architect and Engineer: A Study in Sibling Rivalry
Next year will see the 175th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The event will not include any major scholarly reappraisal of the profession's history (...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Southampton
1. Blackstone's Statutes on Property Law 2007-2008, Fifteenth Edition edited by Meryl Thomas. Oxford University Press, £14.99. ISBN 97801992117222. Blackstone's Statutes on Family Law 2007-2008,...