Bastions of Britishness
Jeffrey Richards revels in Piers Brendon's vivid evocation of a liberal Empire with an irreconcilable paradox at its heart.
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World beaters: but what makes these universities special?
World University Rankings 2008: find out who are the world's top 200.
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Published this week
FILM STUDIESDeleuze and the Cinemas of Performance: Powers of Affection.By Elena del Rio, assistant professor of film studies, University of Alberta. Edinburgh University Press, £55.00. ISBN...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Railways and the Western European CapitalsBy Micheline Nilsen, assistant professor of art history, University of Indiana. Palgrave Macmillan, £45.00. ISBN 9780230607736Nilsen looks at...
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German laboratory to map Neanderthal genome
Brussels, 25 Jul 2006 A team of German and US researchers has announced plans to decipher the genetic coding of our closest relative, the Neanderthal, within the next two years. If successful, the...
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Methodology: What the pick of the crop means for the rest of the field
We look at the top performers on each measure and suggest what their success means for the sector’s development.
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The relativists and the religious
Science and the Indian Tradition
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'Second wave' of China initiatives ahead
UK universities are exploring fresh opportunities to open campuses in China, amid signs that the country may not have closed the door on further foreign higher education ventures, as previously...
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Seismic Threat to World Outlined style 1
After nearly a decade of work, an international team of earthquake scientists has produced the first estimates of seismic hazard levels for the entire world.At a meeting of the American Geophysical...
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The weight of our world to shoulder
The Human Past
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Liverpool seeks to fill Shanghai posts
Liverpool University is on the lookout for 20 academics ready to work at its jointly run institution in China. Ambitious staff at grades from lecturer to professor are being sought to fill posts at...
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Call for funding to match rise in overseas students
The UK's continued success in attracting students from overseas this week prompted warnings from two leading higher education opinion formers. The number of students from outside Europe enrolling in...
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World encompassed
Un report highlights desert threat Enough fertile land could turn into desert within the next generation to create an "environmental crisis of global proportions", large-scale migrations, and...
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A quiet tendency to spread the word
The relationship between politics and religion will take centre stage at this year's Anglo-American Conference of Historians, University of London, July 5 to 7 The global community of evangelical...
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Not as old as you look
The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey - The Chosen Species - Seven Million Years