Despite the speed with which the subject develops, this week's report on the safety of genetically modified food, from a group chaired by Sir David King, the government's chief scientific adviser,...
After sanctions, bombing and looting, Iraq's universities now face political purges. Turi Munthe looks at how US rule is affecting efforts to rebuild academe. Outside Baghdad University's faculty of...
George Bush and big business are backing fuel cells as the pollution-free way to provide power. But, Geoff Watts finds, not everyone is reassured by their enthusiasm. Wind power may be all the rage...
Roisin Woolnough reports on a project that gives people with hearing difficulties a real chance at university. When it was suggested that Tom Speirs go to university, his immediate reaction was: "I...
A picture that arrives with every issue of his THES took Norman Bonney back to 1967, when he joined the War on Poverty in rural West Virginia. Every week subscribers who receive their THES by mail...
What makes a great leader? The ability to inspire others even as you unsettle them - a quality Tony Blair shares with the man who unified Germany, Otto von Bismarck, says Brendan Simms. Ever since...
Olga Wojtas traces the roots of Gordon Brown's pragmatic socialism back to his student days, when he challenged the established order and won. Last week, Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer...
If there were a prize for pompous waffle, it would surely be awarded to the debate on "the iron link between the quality of teaching and research". It is not even much of a debate because every...
The University of Surrey will always evaluate the benefits of seeking to develop new funding streams to further cut its dependence on recurrent grant funding, but it has no plans to work outside the...
Rewarding excellent teaching through promotion procedures is one way of stimulating good teaching and ensuring parity of esteem with research ("Unions on the warpath over reward for 'star' teachers...
The official nationwide debate on genetically modified crops ends this month but the unofficial debate will continue, mainly because many people involved see this as "war". One side has worked for...
The arguments to justify academics using private transport are unconvincing ("Driven to distraction by the charge of the green brigade", THES, July 18). Academics drive to work because they can and...
The success of a research proposal to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ("Grant rulings 'are skewed'", THES, July 11) depends very much on referees' reports and on how ranking...
Nicholas Barr says that if higher education is funded from general taxation, "the taxes of a hospital porter would pay for the degree of the old Etonian" ("MPs maul ministers' blueprint", THES, July...
I'm sure Catherine Belsey does not admire the Cabaret figure who sings The Future Belongs to Me ("Why I...", THES, July 18). He wants Anschluss, not truth and reconciliation. The issue in English...