Today's degenerate means yield compromised ends
The Iraq War and Democratic Politics - The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq
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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 novel about mental illness that was made into a movie: "They're out there." * Entries, including...
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Hot words hide real danger
The Return of Anti-Semitism
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Silver lining in black gold's decline
Oil - Blood and Oil
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Regulatory regime for a world with no sheriff
Global Covenant
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Dirty war smoulders on rooftop of the world
Himalayan 'People's War'
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246 kinds of cheese, but just one way to eat it
Profiles, Probabilities and Stereotypes
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Little light on the Dark Continent
Africa since Independence - What Went Wrong with Africa - The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars
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State forged in war and peace
Germany's Two Unifications
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Star attraction
The diaries and papers of screen legend Richard Burton have been donated to Swansea University by the actor's widow Sally Burton. They will go to Swansea's new Richard Burton Centre for Film and...
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Schwartz slated for role in sacking
The Government's senior adviser on the fairness of university admissions has been criticised for the "deeply unfair treatment" of a senior colleague, writes Phil Baty. The Watford Employment Tribunal...
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'I've no regrets. We've touched a raw nerve'
She was denounced by novelist Howard Jacobson as a "woman lecturer peddling the oldest form of hatred", and Jewish community leader Lord Janner called her a "blinkered academic extremist" who has...
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AUT expected to change boycott policy
The Association of University Teachers looks almost certain to overturn its decision to boycott two Israeli universities, writes Phil Baty. As The Times Higher went to press this week, it appeared...
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Standard build-up
Kel Fidler, the vice-chancellor of Northumbria University, has been named chairman of the Engineering Council UK, the body that regulates standards in the engineering profession. Professor Fidler,...
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Write-on science
Science writer Philip Ball has won the Aventis science books general prize with his book Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another . Lord May of Oxford, the president of the Royal...