Victor Klemperer's vital contribution to academia doesn't take the form of an influential theory, or a path-breaking conceptual framework, or even a scholarly mastery of his field (although he was an...
Seismologist Ian Main on why more lives are saved by preparation than prognostication
John Brewer's Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach stands out for two reasons: first because it is written in an accessible, reader-friendly manner - a sign, I always think, of the author's self-...
We are all, at least partly, Londoners. As far back as the 18th century, a surprisingly large proportion of England's population had lived for a while in London.Contemporaries commented on the number...
Hilary Rose hails powerfully unflinching reflections on the researcher's obligations to her subjects
Nothing out-gays the heritage film. From a perspective that simultaneously addresses Victorian and 20th-century issues and anxieties, Dianne Sadoff analyses the heritage film in its many iterations,...
ARTS AND DESIGNWhere Music Helps: Community Music Therapy in Action and ReflectionBy Brynjulf Stige, professor in music therapy, University of Bergen; Gary Ansdell, director of education, Nordoff-...
Tailor-made courses to fill local skills gaps will also bring in much-needed cash. Hannah Fearn reports
This "lay figure", or life-sized artist's model, belonged to Walter Sickert (1860-1942), the English Post-Impressionist whose images of drab female nudes and murdered prostitutes have led to claims...
The UK student complaints body has awarded its highest-ever compensation payment, owing to a university's "substandard" handling of a case in which a PhD candidate became embroiled in a legal battle...
United StatesThe borrowersHard-up public universities in a US state will be able to borrow millions of dollars to stay open and pay staff. Pat Quinn, governor of Illinois, has signed into law a...
Paper identifies growing share for universities at expense of primary education. John Morgan writes
The Australian opposition is proposing to exempt the country's elite Group of Eight (Go8) universities from the country's new quality and standards agency for the higher education sector.The...
The University of Central Lancashire has launched a "virtual open day" that can be downloaded from iTunes. The iPhone application is fully interactive and will afford the opportunity to take a self-...
Computer gamers have similar reaction times to fighter pilots, according to a study looking at a new generation of "cyber-sportsmen" whose success can earn them tens of thousands of pounds in prize...