The limits of our zeal to reform other people's lives
Hatred of Democracy
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An ear attuned to resonances of imperial legacy
The Empire Strikes Back?
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an advocate of women's rights, who lived out her final years in London but whose ashes are buried in...
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The wary respect of mutual admirers
Lloyd George and Churchill
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The Spaniards abroad who reshaped Iberia
The Disinherited
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Numbers still don't add up in SNP's Scotland
Charlie Jeffery assesses the impact of political changes on Scottish universities' future access to funding May's elections raised more questions than answers about the future of higher education in...
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Openness will win debate on use of animals
Universities that are forthright about their research need not fear the public, says Simon Festing The use of animals has played a hugely important role in the world-leading biomedical research done...
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@cademic @narchists unite
Pseudonyms chosen by contributors to the website www.bulliedacademics.blogspot.com suggest that revolution is in the air in the fight against bullying in higher education. The site's founder goes by...
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Macroembarrassment
"We are aware of the importance for us all of the reputation of the Economics Department, and the University of York, and of maintaining the high standards, both academic and procedural, that are...
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Reputation is its own reward
Cheryl MacNeil, a home economics graduate of Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University, has highlighted the value of her education in the institution's alumni newsletter. She now teaches in Tasmania, and...
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A better degree of mouse
Once branded the ultimate "Mickey Mouse" course, media studies seems to have well and truly shaken off its old image. Cambridge University this week launched its first course in the subject - an...
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Beauty is in the ear of the well informed
Our responses to music, art and even lovemaking are often tied to our estimation of the people involved, says Paul Bloom A few months ago, a young man in jeans and a baseball cap took a violin into a...
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Sceptics blinded by Marxist idols and ideology
Communism's allure saw otherwise intelligent members of the academy jettisoning reason, argues Robert Service Communism had a worldwide impact on intellectuals after the October Revolution of 1917 -...
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Big antlers will drag you down
Research in universities is likely to go the way of the Irish elk unless we bring financial bureaucracy under control, argues Tim Birkhead The Irish elk was neither exclusively Irish nor an elk;...
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Prep the ground for your time off
Plan and plan some more if you want your sabbatical to be a success, says Harriet Swain. Otherwise, you are in danger of falling into helping out with day-to-day work or not achieving all you set out...