The 'Mickey Mouse' that roared: media studies takes on its critics
Manifesto project strives to defend subject and clarify its aims and impact. Matthew Reisz writes
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The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change
Rapid global temperature shifts are nothing new, as Steve Yearley learns from a cold country's core
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Scandal of sonic abuse
One man's music is so often another man's noise, laments Malcolm Gillies
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Economics round-up
Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel DataAuthor: Jeffrey M. WooldridgeEdition: SecondPublisher: MIT PressPages: 1,096Price: ?49.95ISBN 9780262232586This second edition aims to offer a...
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Year abroad may be out of reach as 105-year-old route overseas is closed
University language departments could be left in disarray by plans to suspend a 105-year-old scheme that has given tens of thousands of students the chance to study overseas.
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An upturn in the downturn for MBA graduates worldwide
As MBA graduate career prospects recover, the student profile is shifting. Matthew Reisz reports
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Acclaimed Cuban film school trains its focus on ‘cinema and life’
Inside the main building of the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba, the atmosphere is a mixture of warm conviviality and frenetic hard work. Each year, around 500 applicants...
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ESRC-BA fellowships
The Economic and Social Research Council and The British Academy are joining forces to fund visiting fellows from South Asia and the Middle East. Twelve of the 19 fellowships have gone to academics...
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Odds and quads
Dom Sylvester Houedard (1924-92), often known as DSH, served with British military intelligence in Asia before becoming a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire.While running the...
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University of East Anglia - New name reflects global focus
The School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia has been renamed the School of International Development. It was established in 1973 and was the first of its kind in the UK...
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Leader: America's pyrrhic victory
The US has some outstanding universities, but there is a dark side to its achievements, which the UK would do well to avoid
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Leader: The lure of the great wide open
Liberal arts study, with its long view of how humanity has met its trials, is touted as ideal for the 21st century - but it's a hard sell
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Tweet victory or much ado? Jury still out on social media
Poll detects uncertainty about efficacy among marketers and alumni. Hannah Fearn reports
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Arise, Sir Steve: UUK head leads academic honours list
Steve Smith has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours after steering Universities UK through one of the higher education sector’s most turbulent periods.
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Back on the good foot
An academic has paved the way for the reassembly of an important Buddhist statue after finding its legs in a Cambodian forest. The largest intact piece of the eight-headed, 3m-high sandstone statue,...