Let's begin at the very beginning
Despite palaeontological evidence that human history is rooted in Africa, standard chronology starts it at about 6,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. It is time we rectified our Christian-induced myopia,...
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Teaching Matters: Show young scholars a way in
One outcome of the neoliberal university has been to recast the student as a consumer of higher education, promoting a judgmental culture among undergraduates on all aspects of the student experience...
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Still fighting that old losing battle
Custerology
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Three dictators and one hellish outcome
Lenin, Stalin and Hitler
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For knowledge, is the price right?
New Players, Different Game
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First Impressions
This week's competition to identify a book from its opening sentence is from a vigorous attack on religion: "The boy lay prone in the grass, his chin resting on his hands." Entries, including postal...
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22,000 rate best campuses
Loughborough tops the Times Higher student experience league table. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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'Bollocks': RAE paper assesses the RAE
"Vice-chancellor, can I just point out that this research assessment exercise stuff is a crock of shit. An absolute load of bollocks. I know it, you know it, we all know it. So why don't we just...
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'Universities are vital in the Commonwealth'
The Association of Commonwealth Universities' new head has a world - view to match the ACU's global reach. If being well travelled is in the job description, the new secretary- general of the...
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On the move...
The Higher Education Academy has announced the names of its first senior fellows. Fourteen academics have been recognised as providing outstanding leadership in teaching. They are: Michael Bramhall...
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Hefce unveils 'high-risk' plan
Strategy for expansion of 'business-facing' higher education could leave employers and institutions overstretched. Rebecca Attwood reports. Millions of pounds will be ploughed into a "high-risk"...
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Coffee rings are not best marks
Academics at the University of the West of England have been warned about the dangers of providing students with "subliminal feedback" after one undergraduate complained when her essay was returned...
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Scotland urged to debate fees
One of Scotland's leading champions of widening access has urged the Scottish Government not to rule out the introduction of tuition fees as part of its review of higher education, writes Tariq Tahir...