Film review: The Descendants
The idyllic island backdrop may pall but the chemistry between George Clooney and his clan ignites the film, says Will Brooker

The idyllic island backdrop may pall but the chemistry between George Clooney and his clan ignites the film, says Will Brooker

Fist-fighting is a way of life for Gypsy communities. It may seem brutal, says Gary Day, but it is at least fair

As well as being a renowned expert on the legal and ethical aspects of organ donation, David Price was a man of wide interests, ranging from tennis to sudoku to hill walking.Born in 1954, Professor...

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University of HullSlavery isn't historyA project will address one of the contemporary world's most pressing - yet often overlooked - human rights concerns. In 2007, many UK schools marked the 200th...

These images are taken from an ornately designed leather-bound scrapbook, now in the collection of the Humanities Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, that Jane Webb Loudon (1807-58) seems...

Alternative route - Higher education bill’s suspension may not affect coalition destination

Barack Obama has called on state departments to prioritise higher education in their budgets – but has warned universities that spiralling tuition will be met with a cut in taxpayer funding.
The University and College Union is moving towards another strike in newer universities over lecturers’ pensions.
The government has launched a new cross-department venture to encourage universities to expand internationally.

The University of Sussex has been urged to rethink a decision to close most of its lifelong learning department.
Fourteen doctoral training partnerships for the biosciences have been unveiled.

David Cameron is reported to have made a dramatic intervention in the university reforms, shelving the higher education bill that was due this spring.
The University and College Union may suspend its work-to-rule industrial action on pension cuts in pre-1992 universities, after talks with employers.

By Kaustuv Basu, for Inside Higher Ed