Darwinian politics
In his obtuse review of Andre Pichot's The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler ("Allocating blame in a selective way", August), Simon Underdown indulges in the pop-science fantasy that a clear line...
In his obtuse review of Andre Pichot's The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler ("Allocating blame in a selective way", August), Simon Underdown indulges in the pop-science fantasy that a clear line...
Craving periods of uninterrupted time? A year without having to respond to emails? Tim Birkhead may be disappointed ("Lo, He created study leave", August).Although study leave may enhance...
I fear there has been some confusion in your advertising department.An advertisement for the University of Poppleton has been mistakenly attributed to the Higher Education Academy (page 53, 20 August...
Your annual feature on exam howlers ("The French Resistance made good use of the internet, you know", August) reminded me how keenly students of Shakespeare have illuminated plays I thought I knew...
In regards to your article on exam bloopers, I must share one of my favourites. It also relates to the quoted passage from Hobbes' Leviathan. However, on this exam the student declared that "life in...
In the 25 years since the iconic film adaptation of George Orwell's dystopia, US society has crept ever closer to its bleak vision of paranoia, surveillance, perpetual war and unthinkingness, fears...

The contrast between British and American higher education is nowhere more apparent than in the levels of scholarly freedom enjoyed by academics on opposite sides of the pond. Here, Paul A. Taylor...
David J. Gunkel applauds diversity, equality and protection of tenure at US colleges, but despairs at legislation that allows guns in the classroom
Almost by accident, 25 years ago Alec Jeffreys discovered DNA fingerprinting and revolutionised criminal profiling. He tells Zoë Corbyn that 'the unexpected is what science should deliver'

The place to be? - A head-to-head look at academic life and freedom in the US and the UK
Decision to fire Tariq Ramadan for his work with Iranian-funded TV network was ‘political’, he claims. Melanie Newman reports
Twitter is not for exchanging trivia. Rather, as Russell Stannard has recently learnt, it’s a powerful networking tool for academics and institutions
UCU threatens to ‘grey-list’ the institution unless it backs down on job cuts. Melanie Newman reports
Universities are reporting a major decline in donations, with the US worse hit than the UK

Donald MacRaild admires a novel account of the rise of the Anglo-world