Book of the week: Hollywood's Ancient Worlds
Philip Kemp enjoys a serious exploration of the cinematic epic
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The week in books
Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great by Andrew Lambert, Laughton professor of naval history, King's College London. Faber and Faber, £20.00, ISBN 9780571231560"Nelson stands far...
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Published this week
GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESUrban Regeneration in the UK: Theory and PracticeBy Phil Jones, lecturer in human geography, University of Birmingham, and James Evans, lecturer in geography,...
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From where I sit - Grandes ecoles a class apart?
What to do when your higher education system receives poor ratings in the two international league tables of note, the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings and that of Shanghai Jiao...
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Who created our University? The argument rages
The great evolution versus intelligent design debate surfaced on our campus last week following the publication of the vice-chancellor's letter to new students. In his letter, the v-c repeatedly...
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The curse of the mummies
Sally Feldman has spotted a new breed of troublemaker appearing on campus
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Research intelligence - When minds come together across the virtual 'sandpit'
£36 million is being offered to fund three new cross-discipline digital research 'hubs'. Chloe Stothart reports
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Off Piste: When hairy means scary
A refusal to visit a barber was a badge of defiance for Sixties youth, but Simon Goldhill, an academic with a beard, warns that in adult life anxieties over the boundary between public and pubic can...
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Leader: Flaws of industrial designs
It is right for universities to co-operate with business, but not to cater to a demand for out-of-the-box employees
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Chris Curtis, 1939-2008
Chris Curtis, an internationally renowned medical entomologist who pioneered new ways of combating malaria and other tropical diseases, has died.Born in Oxshott, Surrey, on 25 September 1939, he...
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Marking is not even the half of it 1
Your Big Marking Experiment ("Judgment calls", 18 September) notwithstanding, its comforting conclusion that academics across institutions mark similarly was, of course, flawed in one important...
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Marking is not even the half of it 2
Your leader ("A case of considered judgment", 18 September) expresses surprise that nine out of ten markers of a first-year philosophy essay awarded a score of between 53 and 66, and found comfort in...
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Marking is not even the half of it 3
A bigger problem than the variability of marking is that universities are almost wholly ignorant of its extent and sources. I find as an external examiner in many universities that there is little...
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Good feedback at post-92s
I read with interest that Aaron Porter is very worried that students are confused and frustrated by feedback on their work ("Cryptic feedback baffles students", 18 September).What worries me is that...
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Blue skies and clouds
Thank you Kevin Fong for your cogent and inspiring riposte to Sir David King's comments on blue-skies research ("Don't knock knowledge", 18 September). It is worth highlighting that King's...