Outsider with a passion for showing the real Orient
A Portrait of the Hindus
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A good society takes it on trust
The Company of Strangers
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A Fischer-eye view of meltdowns in the global financial system
IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a story by a French writer known for his love of nature: "For a human character to reveal truly...
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Things will only get messier
European Integration, 1950-2003
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Test minds, but tend them too
Today's students are suffering a mental health crisis. Richard Kadison demands more understanding and action from the universities The number of college students with serious mental health problems...
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Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Deadline: 15/11/2004
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Academic pay rises lag behind teachers'
Academic salaries have grown only half as fast as the public-sector average over the past ten years, a new survey has revealed. The figures, compiled by the Association of University Teachers, show...
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Middlesex abolishes exams for first-years
Middlesex University has abandoned exams for first-year degree students in what critics claim is an unprecedented move to make it easier for students to pass. A memo leaked to The Times Higher...
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'I was able to point out that we are tenth cousins, George Bush and I'
Oceanographer Charles Keeling this week raised the alarm about a worrying rise in carbon dioxide levels Charles Keeling is obsessed by carbon dioxide. He has been measuring it conscientiously for 46...
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On the move...
The University of East Anglia has appointed: Aedin Cassidy , former head of molecular nutrition at Unilever, to a chair in diet and health; Vincent Moulton , formerly at Uppsala University, professor...
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Deech warns of false claims
The student complaints ombudsman has warned universities against making promises that they cannot keep in their prospectuses. The potential legal pitfalls of making overblown claims was further...
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Journal costs soar by up to 94%
University library budgets have been hit by journal price increases of up to 94 per cent over the past four years, research has shown. The study, published this week by Loughborough University,...
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Evident praise for gnomic thinker
The French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who died last weekend, is one of the best-known academics in modern times - a controversial figure with the looks of a maturing matinee idol. But Christopher...
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Call to scrap degree classes
Traditional degree classifications of firsts, seconds and thirds should be scrapped, a government-backed review group has concluded, writes Phil Baty. The final draft of the report of the Burgess...