Don's diary
Wednesday I found out that my mother had breast cancer by overhearing a conversation between a relative and a neighbour. I was nine. She had a mastectomy and I became used to seeing her prostheses (...
Wednesday I found out that my mother had breast cancer by overhearing a conversation between a relative and a neighbour. I was nine. She had a mastectomy and I became used to seeing her prostheses (...
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Unesco's 182-member nations - and the United...
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Sweden, regarded as a model for sexual equality,...
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Burton Clark, professor emeritus of education and...
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Leaders of lecturers' professional organisations...
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role While the plenary sessions were monopolised by...
Health is going to suffer with climate change, a Royal Society conference will hear later this month. Deaths from heatwaves, storms, floods and food poisoning will increase if temperatures continue...
Ancient Mayans designed their pyramids to echo like the call of a sacred bird, a researcher told the meeting of the Acoustic Society of America this week. Archaeologists had previously dismissed the...
An ultrasound probe for monitoring gum disease is being developed by researchers at the University of William and Mary in Virginia. The device projects ultrasound into the narrow space between the...
Japanese physicists have discovered a material that could eventually be used to double the amount of information stored on a computer disc. The material displays colossal magneto-resistance - its...
Russian nuclear scientists, tempted to emigrate to countries eager to acquire their skills for military purposes, will be paid to stay put under a new agreement signed by United States energy...
Police at Rome's La Sapienza University, Europe's largest with 180,000 students, have exposed a fraud ring that sold forged degrees for between Pounds 12,000 and Pounds 15,000. So far, an...
The largest charitable donation in Canadian history has been made to the University of British Columbia. Vancouver scientist and diamond explorer Stewart Blusson has asked that his donation of Can$50...
Last week in The THES Aidan Foster Carter asked whether social science has a future and why the label provokes anxiety Darren O'Byrne School of sociology Roehampton Institute We social scientists...
* The qualifications framework will ensure qualifications with same name are same standard * Universities must spell out exactly what they expect students to achieve on their courses * Subject...