The public response in the UK to the approach of war and its outbreak in August 1914 has been depicted by many historians as one of irrational enthusiasm, fever and jingoism. It is a view that has...
At the time of writing, Shakespeare's Globe is staging his oeuvre in a variety of languages including King John in Armenian, Hamlet in Lithuanian and Troilus and Cressida in Maori. There is also a...
Plugging the income gap could prevent another economic landslide, discovers Stewart Lansley
The title of this important book echoes both Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Henry Louis Gates Jr's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Like Stevens and Gates,...
Calling himself a scientific fundamentalist, evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa does not shy away from controversy. Arguing with fundamentalists is usually futile, but when his latest book...
United StatesRavages of ageingA US university system is facing soaring costs for pensions and retired employees' healthcare that are putting pressure on officials to raise tuition fees still further...
One of Europe's smallest states has big plans for medical research, writes Jack Grove in Luxembourg
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsScience• Award winner Robert Upstill-Goddard• Institution Newcastle University• Value £138,544What is the surfactant control of air-sea gas exchange across...
Contra the media and the bruised egos in the financial sector, the academic mindset is well suited to the Bank of England governorship
Research elite say cost of gold plan could cripple the sector as publishers profit. Paul Jump writes
Evidence has emerged that some higher education institutions may be falling markedly short on undergraduate recruitment for next year, with the University of Gloucestershire warning staff that it is...
Wilson response sees limited role for Whitehall in industry/academy links. Elizabeth Gibney reports
The UK should be encouraging its youth to study for their degrees at overseas universities, according to a vice-chancellor.
This close-up of a drain-dwelling moth fly was among the 16 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2012, presented on 20 June.
QAA event hears Willetts question option for the frequency of reviews. Jack Grove reports