Unorthodox... and untenured
Sian Griffiths reports on the mystery surrounding the failure of a respected Muslim historian, Ayesha Jalal, to secure tenure at one of America's leading universities. Original", "very very good", "...
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Higher channels
John Davies selects radio and television programmes of use to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Horizon: Chimps on Death Row Thursday 9.25 BBC2. Horizon continues the...
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Bug that bears the mark of death
While researching a strain of typhoid wreaking havoc in Vietnam, British scientists made a chilling discovery. At the heart of the typhoid bug they glimpsed the Black Death. Steve Farrar reports. It...
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Student safety fears grow
TWO American colleges have cancelled study programmes abroad and others are predicting increased scrutiny after 13 students were robbed at gunpoint and five of them raped in Guatemala. The students,...
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Knowing your place in an ever-shifting world
Handbook of Environmental Assessment, Volumes One and Two
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How exams reflect life
It seems to be agreed that traditional exams, whatever their failings, are at least one of the more objective forms of assessment (THES, June 7). Much criticism is based on the idea that they are "...
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Honorary degrees
South Bank University DLitt: Melvyn Bragg, presenter and editor of the South Bank Show, controller of arts, London Weekend Television and author; Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of...
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Current sources of research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT ANDTHE REGIONS www.technopolis.co....
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Professors: Stephen Busby, reader in the school of biochemistry; Jayne Franklin, reader in medicine and honorary consultant physician; Baz Jackson, reader in bioenergetics;...
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Ice age overdue, says vulcanologist
Aisling Irwin and Juliet Vickery report from the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Birmingham. A volcanic eruption powerful enough to trigger another ice age is long overdue, a...
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Soundbites not specialists speak most loudly
Media coverage of events in countries with unsavoury political regimes obscures the whole truth, argues Bill Watson Recent political events in Asia have been followed with keen attention by academic...
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Citations for the trend spotters
The Unesco conference will note the growing strength of Asian biomedical science. Grant Lewison reports The practice of counting the numbers of scientific papers produced by a country has become a...
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Bringing the old bones to life
Time Machines - Dinosaur Impressions
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Development cloaked in emperor's new clothes
The new jargon of international aid agencies loses sight of the goal - to fight poverty, says Helen Hintjens. All the evidence suggests growing absolute and relative poverty in the "developing world...
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Vassals can be good for you
Does Conquest Pay?