First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel by the son of a stonemason: "There are some fields near Manchester, well known to the...
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In pursuit of ethnic cleansers
Justice in the Balkans
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Sales pitch invades the fields of dreams
Sport and Society
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Official calls ring alarms
Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution
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The improbable revolt
The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran
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The family and Indian religion
Hinduism
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US dominates worldwide league tables
Oxford and Cambridge universities are the only challengers to US domination of the leading places in the first global ranking of universities to sample the views of academics across the world....
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Feathers fly as row over Oxford pigeon research edges closer to court
Researchers from two of the top ten universities in today's global ranking may be drawn into a legal battle over the flying habits of homing pigeons. The Times Higher reported in February that Oxford...
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'We have a duty to act when decision-makers refuse to heed the facts'
Terry Babcock-Lumish splits her time between politics and academe, saying that research must inform policy Terry Babcock-Lumish will be disappointed that John Kerry has lost the US presidential...
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On the move ...
* Mike Cook , professor and associate dean at St Bartholomew in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at City University, has been appointed to the new post of dean of Anglia Polytechnic University's...
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First 'could be given for 51%'
Study reveals disparity in how universities calculate degree classes. Phil Baty reports Students at some universities can obtain first-class degrees with average marks of little more than 50 per cent...
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Degree classifications overhaul planned
Graduates' performance across every element of their degree courses would be revealed under proposals to replace the traditional degree classifications of first, second and third-class honours,...
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Flattery does not translate into all cultures
The hunt is on for what could be the UK's first dedicated plagiarism researcher as part of a joint project by two UK universities to find out how culture impacts on the decision of overseas students...
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Next week
Postgraduate supplement The first major overview of postgraduates in a decade PLUS Derrida deconstructed by writers including Richard Rorty, Simon Critchley and Simon Blackburn
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Poor career path puts young off science, MPs hear
The Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, admitted this week that the Government had not yet succeeded in tackling the culture of short-term contracts in academia. Members of the House of Commons Science...