A-carrying on considerable
Six years after its discovery, the original manuscript of Huckleberry Finn is about to appear in Britain. But does the much-hyped book tell scholars anything new about Mark Twain and his attitudes to...
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Between ape and angel
Sanjida O'Connell believes that if manners maketh man, then chimpanzees, who have a moral code, should be considered human scientists have been arguing that gorillas and chimpanzees are so close to...
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IQ: the narrow gauged failed way
There are those who believe that intelligence can be measured and that those measurements can be used to explain the disparities in achievement between classes and ethnic groups. They are indulging...
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Nobel art of self defence
Boston University is defending charges of sexual harassment against its Nobel laureate. Tim Cornwell reports Boston University's decision to stand squarely by poet and professor Derek Walcott may be...
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From cradle to grave mistake
David Marsland thinks the welfare state is a bullying fraud that enfeebles the poor, squanders the public purse and robs us of our freedom Throughout the second half of this century the state has...
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The woman before the cross
Sarah Coakley tells Elaine Williams why, as a feminist theologian, she believes in vulnerability before God and an eroticised notion of prayer My feminism, I think, was born on my knees." Sarah...
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Election spending promises broken
The Australian government has admitted that it intends to break a pre-election commitment to the nation's universities and slash spending on higher education. More than two months after the...
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University League Tables 1996
Entry Requirements average points: Cambridge 28 Oxford 26 LSE 24 Bath 22 Imperial 22 Birmingham 21 Bristol 21 Nottingham 21 Sheffield 21 St. Andrews 21 Sussex 21 Warwick 21 York 21 Aston 20, Durham...
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Bolton to bolt ahead on status
Bolton Institute, the unlucky loser in John Patten's 1994 moratorium on university status, has been offered a fast track to upgrading. Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education and...
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Exit staged
(Photograph) - Exit staged: Why did O. J. Simpson try to run away from the police after his former wife was found murdered? "I just wanted the pain to stop," he explained to a packed debating chamber...
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No credibility in union stargazing
The president of the Association of University Teachers warned delegates at the AUT's annual council meeting yesterday against seeking "flawless ideals" that could never be achieved. Joanna de Groot...
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Over 50s face chop at Notts
Multimillion pound savings are being sought at one of the United Kingdom's most successful universities, which is proposing to worsen its staff-student ratio by offering early retirement to all staff...
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Ministers warned off labs
The Government should reconsider moves to privatise public sector agriculture and plant science laboratories, ministers have been told. A confidential report argues that privatisation could cost more...
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Islands in advert row
Nottingham Trent University is to investigate the marketing and publicity strategy of Southampton Institute, whose courses it validates, after receiving complaints from the Channel Islands education...
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Face the facts: A portrait of the sculptor Marc Quinn by Florian Jaenicke
(Photograph) - Face the facts: A portrait of the sculptor Marc Quinn by Florian Jaenicke, a photography student at the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades. Mr Jaenicke is showing his...