Many critical observers would agree that democracies are experiencing the growth of a "culture of control", that they are creating "exclusive societies" and that they are multiplying attempts to "...
1. Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development by Robert H. Bates. W.W. Norton, £15.99. ISBN 97803939740102. Politics in the Developing World, Second Edition edited by Peter Burnell...
Reading a really bad translation is a kind of guessing game. At every problematic word or phrase, the reader is obliged to make an intelligent guess at what this might have been in the language of...
Niall Ferguson, in his book and Channel 4 series The War of the World (2006), argues that the turbulent history of the 20th century may be largely interpreted as the fallout of various countries'...
ART HISTORY- Art and Communication in the Reign of Henry VIIIBy Tatiana C. String, lecturer in the history of art, University of Bristol. Ashgate, £50.00. ISBN 9780754663058Through in-depth analysis...
Celia Deane-Drummond on where science meets religion
Children of the Revolution: The French 1799-1914 by Robert Gildea, professor of modern history, University of Oxford. Allen Lane, £25.00, ISBN 9780713997606"Gildea is an accomplished interpreter of...
Global survey shows up wide variations in career and salary opportunities. John Gill reports
Competitiveness index reveals 'new world order' as Europe and Asia gain. Hannah Fearn reports
JapanDrive to double overseas numbersThe number of overseas students at universities in Japan will more than double if targets the Government has set for the sector are achieved. At present there are...
Mrs DilworthPersonal Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor and PresidentUniversity of PoppletonPoppleton RoadPoppleton PP11 WW34Dear Mrs DilworthGreetings and salutations from the 75th International...
Alan Ryan wishes Oxford's big donors would share their financial expertise
The creation of an Innovation Index is a long-overdue opportunity to right funding wrongs, argues Les Ebdon
Bill Clarke, provost of the Jordanstown and Belfast campuses of the University of Ulster for the past six years, died suddenly while officiating at a Police Service of Northern Ireland graduation...
FoI Act flushes out new plans that could risk water damage, reports Melanie Newman