In pursuit of the new paradigm
Oxford's new Said Business School aims to meet the changing expectations of students and the labour market. Deputy director Mari Sako tells Martin Ince how. There are a few things things everyone...
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Anglo-Saxons fought on foot... and horseback
History has recorded them as doughty warriors who eschewed horses and ultimately fell victim to a Norman cavalry charge. Yet new research suggests that the Anglo-Saxons did not always fight on foot...
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Superbug can withstand radiation and starvation
The genetic secrets of the world's toughest bug have been revealed by a team of American scientists, writes Steve Farrar. The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans can survive almost any kind of DNA...
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Poor Slovak mothers more likely to kill boys
Baby boys born to mothers in Slovakia since the collapse of communism ten years ago are three times more likely to become the victims of infanticide than in the previous decade, ground-breaking new...
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Patients get addicted to their portable doctors
It is the ultimate therapist for the electronic era. The latest innovation in psychological treatment is the palmtop computer or electronic personal organiser, for which programs are now being...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
It was the end of September 1976, and the train journey north to Yorkshire from Southampton seemed never-ending. I had just returned from two months roughing it around the Aegean, taking in as many...
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A stellar performance
Astronomer Jay Pasachoff tells Martin Ince how dedication and his wide interests ensure that his popular textbooks are always exciting. You may have thought you were quite adventurous, heading to...
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Teaching students how to study
Study skills are receiving useful attention in higher education circles despite the critics, says Stella Cottrell. The push to "widen access" into higher education presents a challenge. Wider access...
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Download and learn
Edward Barrow surveys current developments in digitisation of coursework As of this term, it is easier for higher education institutions to obtain permission to put scanned extracts from books,...
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Belief in the cause of a nation's ills
Pakistan - Islam, Nationalism and the West - Pakistan in the 20th Century
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Mughal dance of the seven veils that wasn't and other tales unravelled from a rich and royal material past
Costumes and Royal Textiles of India
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a comic tale of a man's quest to stay alive in a paradoxical world: " It was love at first sight...
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Blooming of a square set
Art Made Modern - The Art of Bloomsbury - Roger Fry - Omega and After - The Bloomsbury Artists
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Masterstrokes in the battle for headquarters
The Struggle for Mastery in Germany, 1779-1850
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Whispers of ancient times speak volumes for history
The Cambridge History of China, Volume Eight - The Cambridge History of Ancient China