The universities and science minister has said that a higher education bill will be needed to allow "dissolution" for post-1992 universities and to give new powers to the Office for Fair Access.
Principles, priorities, practicalities: fine things all, but easier to discuss separately than together. Most of us want to protect the environment, for example. But which bits, and how best to do it...
So the past may not be dead, and may not even be past; but we do usually reach a point where we and it can leave each other alone. We are interested in (say) the history of the Roman Empire, but for...
Jesper Vaczy Kragh discusses the ecstasy and the agony of humanity's ancient companion
From Benjamin Franklin to Ernest Hemingway, American expats have felt compelled to chronicle their sometimes simultaneous fascination with, and consternation at, the City of Light. More recent...
Big books can be intimidating, and this is truly a behemoth. The fourth volume in Dominic Sandbrook's acclaimed history of the UK from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, Seasons in the Sun contains...
Gender is a battlefield, but the casualties aren't always who you'd expect, Simon Blackburn says
The title of John Dixon Hunt's latest book for Reaktion suggests that it is another Reader's Digest-type overview of iconic gardens in a roughly chronological and geographical survey, but Hunt's...
The abyss beckons if the West doesn't close the yawning income gap, says Stewart Lansley
This survey is as big as the country it covers, but it pulls its punches, David Bachman finds
Hackney college centre challenges 'crude notions' of pedagogic relevance. Matthew Reisz reports
United StatesLegal tenderA US university aims to buy a law school from another "local" institution for $25 million (£16 million). Texas A&M University will pay Texas Wesleyan University $20...
Jack Grove talks to Miguel Angel Beltrán, the falsely imprisoned Colombian scholar now fighting for reform
University of London's Parisian base offers full immersion in Gallic culture. Matthew Reisz writes
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILResearch Seminar AwardsPolitical science and international studies• Award winner: Mark Webber• Institution: University of Birmingham• Value: £17,815Nato after...