How have contemporary artists impersonated people from different backgrounds as the basis for art? What have their performances revealed about the fears and fantasies that are projected on to racial...
We live in an increasingly globalised and integrated world in which people are able to travel and migrate with greater ease than ever before. Whether fleeing political conflict, seeking higher wages...
Martin Cohen finds an attack on irrationality worryingly unscientific in its methods
In the autumn of 1845, a new fungus, later named Phytophthora infestans, struck potato crops. The disease was not restricted to Ireland, ranging as widely as Silesia in Poland, and the US. The blight...
"Don't steal this/book if you do I will/beat your brains/out". Perhaps many of us have felt this passionate possessiveness about our books, though few, I suspect, have gone so far as to issue such a...
Educationalist calls for a 'genuine' revival of Classics teaching, reports Matthew Reisz
A study of a form of gay class tourism has raised some unusual ethical issues, writes Matthew Reisz
AustraliaThe men are coming up shortWomen have all but met the Australian government's higher education attainment goal; however overall targets will not be reached unless participation among men...
Free Harvard resource aims to reduce errors in reporting of research. Jon Marcus reports
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILFellowship Awards• Award winner: Jens R. Hentschke• Institution: Newcastle University• Value: £70,799School reform and nation-building from Varela to Batlle:...
Rising costs may herald a decline in uptake of higher degrees by home students. John Morgan reports
Applicants for grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will have to make the case for the national importance as well as the international excellence of their research, the...
Programmes must appeal to students, not the vanity of academics, says PR head. David Matthews writes
'Surprising' Hefce data may leave some research intensives' 'cores' exposed. Simon Baker reports
Large scholarships that put cash in students' pockets while they are studying should be offered by universities in preference to fee waivers, the government's advocate for access to education has...