Expulsion threat lifted
The University of London has abandoned its threat to expel any college that uses its own degree-awarding powers. The move, made at a council meeting last week, aimed to head off any future rift....
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Joined-up thinking
We urgently need a body to reconcile competing interests in higher education, says Roger Brown The government's confirmation of its intention to allow institutions without research degree-awarding...
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Why a part-time job can pay off
Working on campus can enhance degree study, say Janie Barnett and Myrtle Ching-Rappa As fees rise and grants and scholarships decline, students must borrow more or work more to meet the cost of...
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Science dies out in English 'deserts'
Almost 80 university science and engineering departments have closed in England in the past ten years, according to government figures obtained by The THES. The Department for Education and Skills...
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A visionary at the crossroads
Walter Benjamin
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Sigmund fells trendy straw men
How Customers Think
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How liberty can be just a game of chance
The First Freedom
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Old-timers get a new lease of life
Don't Get above Your Raisin' - Bluegrass Odyssey - Will You Miss Me when I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music
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Social harmony, sexual discord
J. W. Waterhouse
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Albums recorded in Mughal times
Perspectives on Persian Painting - Painting for the Mughal Emperor
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Heights of giddiness and despair
Mountains of the Mind
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A myth that rises to the challenge
The Sacred Footprint
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City lost in an effort to square the hexagon
Imperial Delhi
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Let me take you by the mind
Cities of the Imagination Series
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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 narrated by a Cambridge scholar: "In giving to the world the record of what, looked at as an...