The new rules of the game
Laments about the ease with which we can be hypnotised by our past are merely the frustrated rants of culture's now-redundant gatekeepers, argues Philip Dodd
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Man about town
The future lies in greener, more intimate communities, Gary Day hears from a geographer on the edge
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Diary
LondonHe Who Dared: Dirk BogardeDirk Bogarde, who died in 1999 but would have been 90 this year, was one of the most celebrated and enigmatic British actors of his generation. Although he started his...
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The Pick - Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals
Credit: Natasha RazinaRare event: Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne SchattenEdinburgh International and Fringe FestivalsEdinburghEdinburgh is officially a city of 12 different festivals, but, with...
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Now it's Wobbleton University!
Fears that our university may be gaining a reputation for indecisiveness have been increased by the news of another change to our proposed undergraduate tuition fees for next year.When the new fees...
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Research intelligence - It's peerless, but it could be better still
MPs want to see a more robust and transparent peer-review process. Paul Jump writes
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Off Piste - A touch of class amid the asters and arias
Helen Fulton is unrepentant about her addiction to Glyndebourne, where high-end opera meets country-house garden to the delight of those of the English bourgeoisie who have secured tickets
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The week in higher education
• Some academics seek immortality through their ideas; Robert Ettinger sought immortality by having his body placed in a deep freezer after his death. Mr Ettinger, who has died at the age of 92,...
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Leader: Depriving the already deprived
In the scrum for AABs, elite institutions risk putting themselves beyond the reach of disadvantaged students
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From where I sit - To the Collaborators, the spoils
The University of Western Australia's Arts Building is a solemn 1930s stone structure, built beside the Swan River estuary but lacking the panache of other campus edifices with their hints of De...
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Appointments
University of SalfordGeorge McKayNot many academics are known to "rock out" during their lectures, but one has managed to get pretty close. George McKay, professor of cultural studies at the...
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Life and death lessons
Education’s true aims comprise a very short list, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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How not to get left on the shelf
Just penning a book isn't enough - academic authors want people to buy it and read it. Promotion is the publisher's domain, of course, but Dale Salwak is convinced that writers can make a big...
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Looks good on paper...
The PhD by publication offers an alternative path to the traditional PhD by thesis, but it is viewed by some as inferior. Richard Willis refutes the argument that it is second rate, and Christopher...
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Committee commended
The British Sociological Association (BSA) and the Council of Heads and Professors of Sociology welcome the Commons Science and Technology Committee's report on peer review.We are pleased that it...