Seeking truth, following faction
The Humanist-Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and Reformation
The Humanist-Scholastic Debate in the Renaissance and Reformation
The Duty of Discontent
Imperialism and Its Contradictions
British Foreign Policy During the Curzon Period, 1919-24
Clandestine Marriage in England 1500-1850
Intelligence and Imperial Defence
This week's Final Word comes from an old Etonian who was no relation to Labour's Tony: "We must add to our heritage or lose it, we must grow greater or grow less, we must go forward or backward. I...
Marion Shaw on Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own . I first read this book in the mid-1960s, soon after I graduated and nearly 40 years after it was first published. I cannot remember who first of...
Impolite Learning
A New Philosophy of History - An Intelligent Person's Guide to History - On "What is History"? From Carr and Elton to Rorty and White - Beyond the Great Tory
The Politics of Conversion
Simon Midgley on a flagship campus contracting scheme. A pioneering contract with a private facilities management company has revolutionised the way a West Country college administers maintenance...
Simon Midgley looks at how holiday lettings have made Warwick a mint. Last year the University of Warwick earned several million pounds by letting its residential facilities and lecture theatres for...
* a small core team is able to respond flexibly to university budget variations and pick the right specialists for the job. * certainty of completion. * to enable maximum student intake numbers to be...
Rental income makes student housing an ideal candidate for PFI. Stephen Hoare looks at two case studies. A student accommodation block at the University of Kingston shows what can be achieved if the...