A champagne generation
Student debt is not all down to fees. Kevin Sharpe argues that the desire to live a luxurious lifestyle plays a part, too
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Art: whether you love it or hate it, the purpose is to elicit a response
Artists produce work as a result of internal or external stimuli - the only aim should be to cause a reaction, argues A.C. Grayling
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Daytime TV: Bored to death
Both the art of dying and of Andy Warhol leave Gary Day feeling distinctly underwhelmed
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Goodbye to all that
Yes, it's a brand-new academic year and we mark the occasion by reprinting this address to incoming undergraduates by our Head of Student Satisfaction, Damian Snagsby - "Greetings. And welcome to...
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Practical implications
Alan Ryan says technical training is vital - and must be funded properly
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Class still the secret to success
Those with a private-school education still attend the best universities, get the best jobs and hold top spots in academia
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From where I sit: Bye-bye, American high
The era of US dominance in higher education, like the era of the expanding American middle class, seems to be over. Its official death knell might have been sounded when Deborah Solomon's interview...
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Benjamin Fisher (1963-2009)
Benjamin Fisher, a leading expert on both avant-garde French literature and Welsh railways, has died.He was born in Birmingham on 3 September 1963 but grew up in Newcastle-under-Lyme close to Keele...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 1
Last week, Times Higher Education made a spirited defence of the importance of university research being independent of political or economic goals. The University of Warwick's Steve Fuller supported...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 2
Once again, Times Higher Education privileges the self-proclaimed Institute of Ideas, but "it is a bit rich", as Claire Fox puts it in her fight for "useless knowledge", to "whinge on" about its...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 3
The article on David Mitchell reminded me of the parallel Arthur Koestler drew between scientific creativity and the way laughter emerges when incongruous situations are brought together, a process...
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Workers' dilemma 1
The University and College Union's rejection of the 1.5 per cent pay offer for further education augurs ill for the consultation on the 0.5 per cent offer for higher education ("UCU FE members reject...
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Workers' dilemma 2
In his recent opinion article, Bill Wakeham urges employees and students to "understand the financial predicaments of their institutions" ("A united front for the future", 24 September). UCU has been...
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Ripe for reassessment
In his article "Objectionable content" (17 September), Gerald L. Houseman makes some telling points regarding Ayn Rand's Objectivist project. Citing her major novels, Atlas Shrugged and The...