Past is a popular country
Your leader on history makes a distinction between academic and popular history that I would struggle to find in practice ("Historical lessons are priceless", 29 April). I specialise, at least in...
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Satire isn't dead
I hope I'm not alone in applauding the rich vein of satire in Malcolm Gillies' article ("Easy money? That's rich", 22 April), which would otherwise appear to be a remarkably accomplished masterpiece...
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Smells like victory?
Sally Hunt, the University and College Union's general secretary, hailed the ruling on Lancaster University's fixed-term contracts as "a major victory" ("Fixed-term staff score legal victory", 22...
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Unconventional thinkers or recklessly dangerous minds?
Aids denialism is estimated to have killed many thousands. Jon Cartwright asks if scientists should be held accountable, while overleaf Bruce Charlton defends his decision to publish the work of an...
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My Eureka Moment - Hello, Dolly
A conversation in a Dublin bar in 1987 proved crucial to Sir Ian Wilmut's research and led ultimately to the first clone of an adult animal
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A trace of greatness
Why do scholars enjoy exploring their academic genealogies? Jon Adams believes it is a desire to be associated with a dynastic intellectual legacy
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6 May 2010
Dead wrong - Aids denialism and the limits of academic freedom
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Hell no, we won’t go
Students occupy office to protest philosophy cuts at Middlesex. John Morgan reports
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Lib Dems hold pole position
Online survey asks about education policies and fee levels. John Morgan reports
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UCL strike action suspended
Management says compulsory redundancies are ‘not necessary’, but industrial action still on cards if position changes again. John Morgan reports
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Prepare for protests as lab goes up, staff told
Group plans to disrupt building of animal testing facility at Leicester. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Hostage situation? We didn’t even have keys
Sussex registrar’s court claims disputed by student protesters. Melanie Newman reports
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‘Positive’ discrimination
The critique of independent schools’ advantages in university admissions has raised its head again, but the academy should not be in the business of compensating for state schools’ failures, argue...
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Middlesex to phase out philosophy
Institution’s top-ranking research could close in light of ‘continuing constraints on public funding’. John Morgan reports
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‘Cleggmania’, fees and the student vote
Lib Dem leader’s success in televised debates and party’s stance on tuition fees yield upturn in support. Melanie Newman reports