A challenge over chastity Tudor historians relentlessly attacked the honour of Joan of Arc a century after the French heroine was burnt at the stake. They particularly focused on her renowned...
Christopher Whelan was dubious about the merits of a partnership with the commercial world, until he joined the advisory panel of an internet firm. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that...
Fires, wars, scandals and the Mafia have all contributed to the downfall of some of Europe's most famous opera houses. Adrian Mourby investigates The words "opera house" and "scandal" get yoked...
A new institute aims to underpin social work with research - no easy task, says Terry Philpot. Social work has shown a notorious resistance to look at the evidence for what it does. Some argue that...
Graduates in debt head for home More than half - 53 per cent - of all graduates will end up living with their parents immediately after finishing their studies, according to a survey by Abbey...
Rector arrested for 'guerrilla links' Macedonian police have detained the rector of an unofficial Albanian university, Fadil Sulejmani, over his alleged links to the ethnic Albanian guerrilla...
Financial Times Gene researchers from the public and private sectors are planning an ambitious new collaboration to map variations in human DNA. Independent Tony Blair has ordered the biggest-ever...
Colleges promised funds to close disparity The government has promised more funding for further education colleges to narrow the gap in resources between them and school...
Lesbians continue suit against US university Two lesbians can continue the US's first legal challenge to university policy that excludes gays from subsidised campus housing for couples, New York's...
The Times Irresponsible doctors who try to clone human beings or give test-tube babies to the over-60s jeopardise medicine and the hopes of childless couples, said Europe's most senior fertility...
The Guardian Michael Portillo sat down to a lunch of sausage, chips and beans with teenage boys in their school canteen yesterday in an attempt to demonstrate his commitment to reforming Britain's...
Students get extra childcare cash Education and skills minister Margaret Hodge today signed regulations increasing the child-care grant available to full-time higher education students in England and...
Indian business school opens The first batch of 130 students started MBA courses at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad in southern India yesterday. It is a joint veture between 13 of...
Daily Telegraph Gordonstoun, the school attended by three generations of the Royal Family, is using cyber-heroine Lara Croft in cinema advertising. Hormone patches can prevent a form of depression...
BMA warns of crisis The British Medical Association has warned of a recruitment and retention crisis in academic medicine. Speaking at the BMA's annual representatives' meeting this week, Ian Bogle,...