Beyond the Lost Horizon clichés
A History of Nepal
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Why we're over a barrel
Twilight in the Desert
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A lack of foresight saga
Nuclear Waste
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a French war novel filmed by a famous British director: "The insuperable gap between East and West...
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Know your superman from your sadist
How to Read Darwin - How to Read Freud - How to Read Hitler - How to Read Nietzsche - How to Read Sade - How to Read Wittgenstein
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Hero worthy of warship
Admiral Lord Nelson
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Reminding us that we've never had it so good
The Transformation of British Life 1950-2000
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Students satisfied - official
Students are overwhelmingly satisfied with their lecturers and their degree courses, according to the biggest-ever survey of student experiences, leaked exclusively to The Times Higher . Philosophy...
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Prize tips Britons for Nobel honours
Two British scientists are to receive a Lasker award - the prestigious American medical research prize that is seen as a predictor of future Nobel laureates, The Times Higher can reveal. It is...
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'Spain wasn't going to let a bunch of scottish pirates have a city there'
Archaeologist Mark Horton believes popular TV series are just as valid a way as books to share what he knows Mark Horton, an archaeologist at Bristol University, is behind a major exhibition...
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On the move ...
* Colin Mayer , Peter Moores chair of management studies at the Said Business School, Oxford University, has been appointed dean on the retirement of Anthony Hopwood in October 2006. * Greenwich...
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Young scholars lose out in RAE
Mounting pressure on young academics is a key concern raised in responses to the proposed ground rules for the 2008 research assessment exercise. The issue emerged in a poll of subject associations...
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Government pushes post-exam application
The use of predicted A-level grades to select undergraduates could be scrapped in three years under government proposals to overhaul admissions. A consultation document published this week by the...
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Ignatieff ducks debate with critics in torture row
One of the world's most renowned human rights academics, Michael Ignatieff, stands accused by colleagues of refusing to debate a claim that he has become an apologist for human rights abuses because...
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Next week
Bullying on campus The shocking truth revealed in the biggest ever survey of bullying in UK universities PLUS Bombs, bullets and brollies - Fred Halliday delves into the case files of Cold War...