Wagner: bicentennial man
Malcolm Gillies on the controversial composer鈥檚 undimmed power

Malcolm Gillies on the controversial composer鈥檚 undimmed power

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Neil Rennie on the 18th-century fascination with exotic visitors and the cultural exchange that took place

Tristan Bekinschtein recommends a challenge to our notions of consciousness and cognition

Kate North recommends an analysis of the use of apparently contradictory concepts in selected texts over the past 15 years

Margaret Weitekamp on a historical study of the relationship between religion and spaceflight

A responsive attitude and landmark infrastructure projects help to create contentment, our survey shows. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Ben Marks of YouthSight, which carried out the survey for THE, explains the reasoning and methodology that created this year鈥檚 university rankings

Study costs more, so do students want more? Olga Wojtas hears from universities and student leaders about what can be done to boost satisfaction - from bricks and mortar to increased participation

A university鈥檚 links with industry, providing placements and internships, are increasingly important to students and form a key indicator in our survey. David Matthews explores this fast-evolving area

A well-managed students鈥 union is key to creating a happy university - as Victoria Bentata discovers

What matters most to undergraduates?

Man has always looked to the heavens.鈥 When I was teaching a space history course at undergraduate level, an inordinate number of students wanted to start their human spaceflight essays with some...

In 2002 Martin Amis said: 鈥淎fter a couple of hours at their desks on September 12, 2001, all the writers on earth were reluctantly considering a change of occupation.鈥 Many said that 9/11 could not,...