The long and short of it 2
Questions about who reads what academics write - and what they do with the information having read it - are fascinating. But when questions are set only in the context of giving a rationale to...
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The measure of trust
It will need more than watchfulness to ensure that the central purpose of university life remains intact ("Academe's value must be upheld", Leader, December 15). Neither "modernisation" nor "...
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OK for some to pay
Ruth Scurr's views on proofreading agencies (Opinion, December 15) struck this freelance tutor as confused and disingenuous. So it was OK for her to tidy up a fellow student's PhD thesis for a token...
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Just go to the library
Robert Sugden concludes his review of Thomas C. Schelling's book (Books, December 15) by telling us that if we want to know his role in the production of the film Dr Strangelove "you must buy the...
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Free speech is sedition for some 1
The debate about what is "lawful" or "within the law" in the context of academic freedom of expression rests on the well-worn phrase from the "Jenkins amendment" to the legislation that gave birth to...
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Free speech is sedition for some 2
The Academics for Academic Freedom's statement does not address the main difficulty facing academics who are prepared to speak out against the corruption of higher education by the attempt to convert...
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Free speech is sedition for some 3
I know it's a slack season for journalism, but can't you tell when you are being set up by another Institute of Ideas stunt? Dennis Hayes and the institute are after a "free market" in ideas as in...
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Free speech is sedition for some 4
I agree that academics should be free under the law to speak out in their areas of expertise in the same way that employment law protects those who whistleblow on issues at work. There is a...
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Free speech is sedition for some 5
"Scholars demand right to be offensive" declares the front page of the December 22/29 issue of The Times Higher . "Campus bid to ban racy 'totty' contests," says page 2. Hmm. Gregory Boone By e-mail
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Putting practice into the theory
Theory is alive and well, argue Derek Attridge and Jane Elliott, but it has taken a more practical diversion Is theory dead, as some have claimed? At the height of theory's impact on humanities...
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The young and wise are late to rise
Are we at our most alert in the morning? In the case of young adults the answer is no, says Russell Foster, a fact that may have a detrimental impact on their ability to learn We spend about 30 per...
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The stuff of stars
Brian Cox had success in a band, but he stuck with his first love, science, and is now a team leader on the Large Hadron Collider. Mandy Garner meets the 'cool' face of physics Not many physics...
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Our next book club selection is from...
Which academics are set to make a mark on the popular bestseller lists in the coming year? Publishers offer Harriet Swain their hot tips for 2007 If the recent boom in popular science and history...
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Wellbeing, War and other everyday matters
JOE MORAN For someone who chooses to study the mundane, Joe Moran has made his publishers very excited. Moran's Reading the Everyday, which studied the places and routines of everyday life, such as...
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Chinese dragon's double vision
Universities could be key to finding a common direction for diverging nationalist and internationalist agendas in China, claims Rana Mitter Give China a chance." You could hear this slogan frequently...