First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a physicist who tried to make an atomic bomb but luckily failed: "When one speaks today of...
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Trial and errors of Satan's consorts
Escaping Salem
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A Left hook to the leviathan
Leo Strauss and the Politics of the American Empire - America Right or Wrong - The 9/11 Commission Report
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A mixed salad dressed up in red, white and blue
The Liberty of Strangers
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Ballots do not justify bullies
Violent Democracy
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Uncle Sam and Miss Liberty
Liberty and Freedom
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When lofty ideals turn to human disaster
Mr Jefferson's Lost Cause
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Happy campus tops wish list
The vital ingredients that give some universities a competitive edge have been revealed by a survey of the perceptions and preferences of 10,000 undergraduates. The study, by the research company...
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1066 and all that, then a Norman needling
As governments on each side of the Channel quarrel about the political issues of the day, a more academic battle looks set to flare up - over whether the Bayeux Tapestry was made in England or France...
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'You need to work down the memory but avoid threatening things'
Forensic psychologist Ray Bull has been praised for helping police interview a traumatised rape victim Ray Bull received a rare commendation from the Metropolitan Police Force this week for his help...
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On the move ...
* City University London has appointed the following: Chris Gethin , former director of corporate partnerships at the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, director of development; Sue Gunn ,...
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'Naive' UK risks losing millions
European universities may soon be able to scoop up UK researchers and their research council funding following a partnership agreement between funding agencies. Graham Richards, chairman of chemistry...
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So, are you thinking what we're thinking?
"Great minds don't think alike," Aberdeen university said when it launched a staff recruitment drive with a full-page advertisement in The Times Higher last month. In fact, it seems that great minds...
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Science awed at coral reef discovery
Scientists investigating the destruction of coral in the US Virgin Islands were shocked to discover near-perfect reefs at depths never fully explored, writes Anna Fazackerley. A team of ocean...
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OU takes expertise to Africa
A ten-year project to help train thousands of teachers in Africa was unveiled by the Open University this week. As world leaders prepare to discuss aid and debt relief for the developing world at...