Film review: Fair Game
Duncan Wu finds a CIA thriller based on real events in Bush's White House more compelling than fiction

Duncan Wu finds a CIA thriller based on real events in Bush's White House more compelling than fiction

Gary Day worries that the increasing presence of China in Africa might be history repeating itself
London School of EconomicsCredit line for post-crisis studyA hedge-fund manager has donated £2.5 million to fund new research and teaching on Europe's role in the post-financial crisis world. The...

This pinwheel windmill, intended as the centrepiece for a table, has discs set at exactly the right angle to respond to the slightest currents of air.
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Public funding for higher education among members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development may have reached its peak, according to a study published today.
Academics are to be prioritised in the government’s shake-up of the visa system.
Senior academics at the University of Cambridge will rethink a proposal to create a large tuition fee waiver for poor students by slashing bursaries after arguments against the plan were heard by the...
The Royal Society has called for drastic measures, including a fundamental reform of the A-level system, to break the “self-perpetuating cycle” which has resulted in the UK producing too few science...
Higher education proved to be one of the few winners in the latest US federal Budget, which today set out a 10-year plan to make $1.1 trillion (£687 billion) in deficit savings.
More than 100 UK-based German students and academics have signed an open letter objecting to the choice of panellists for a debate at the London School of Economics later today.

By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
Never mind the roses: no Valentine’s Day would be complete without academic insights into the nature of love in modern Britain.Among the research released this 14 February is a study that suggests...
As technological advances continue apace, university students are being offered the opportunity to experience a “global” education without leaving the lecture theatre.One noteworthy recent venture in...