First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work that surveys the creation of a new political system in a new country: "On pleasant evenings in...
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Titans who bestowed gift of light
Enlightenment Contested
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They're just good friends
Between Women
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Top guns on campus
Many GIs who served in Iraq are now using their military benefits to enter higher education. Stephen Phillips reports on how they adjust to studying after the adrenalin rush of combat Andy Davis has...
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My friend the robot
Androids may one day be employed to give people physical and emotional support. What does that mean for our relation to them, and to each other? Kathleen Richardson investigates Worried about being...
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Quality equaliser
Technology facilitates long-distance collaboration between researchers, reducing the dominance of elite institutions and allowing students access to top-level data. Olga Wojtas reports Abertay Dundee...
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Echoes from the cradle of dissent
Andrew Petersen traces the central role Iraq has historically played in Islamic Arab culture and its bearing on the current disastrous situation. Most people in the West, including many of our...
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Material girl no more...
Madonna, like many people in the West, is seeking alternative spiritual sources to give meaning to life. Terry Eagleton ponders the nature of a very modern quest Why is our culture awash with Tarot...
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Laurie Taylor Column
New report from UCU calls for more contact hours between students and lecturers. From: The Departmental Secretary (Maureen) Dear Student, As you will be aware this department has received a number of...
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Still logged on at the cutting edge 1
I was somewhat surprised to see Neil McBride's article on computer science (Opinion, February 9). Yes, we do teach algorithms, some of which have "remained unchanged for 30 years". Would McBride like...
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Still logged on at the cutting edge 2
Although I agree with the underlying message of Neil McBride's article, is it not obvious that "computer science" is undergoing change? Is this unusual, given the dynamic and fast-evolving nature of...
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Still logged on at the cutting edge 3
In claiming that computer science is out of touch and should become more interdisciplinary, Neil McBride makes inaccurate generalisations. In fact, a significant proportion of research is in areas...
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Still logged on at the cutting edge 4
I do not share all of Neil McBride's views about computer science, but I welcome the discussion his article will precipitate. He is right to say that computing is now core to our society. It will...
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Wrong about post-92s 1
Alan Sked clearly enjoys lecturing at the London School of Economics; he spends a good chunk of his review of my book University Students Behaving Badly (February 9) telling us what a delightful...