Physicist sues for libel on Internet
A BRITISH physicist has sued two United States universities for libel over Internet messages posted from their computer systems. Laurence Godfrey, described as a lecturer in physics, mathematics and...
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Fillip for state-funded scientists
A THIRD of United States patents filed in 1996 cited scientific papers, 75 per cent of which were produced by public-funded research centres, such as universities or government laboratories, writes...
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Tighter rules on title use
TIGHTER rules on the use of the title "university" were introduced by the government this week with the warning that anyone ignoring them could face court action. The regulations do not make title...
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Low fees policy upsets balance
Quebec and British Columbia are the odd men out in Canada where other provinces have let student tuition fees spiral since 1995. They have kept fees low for political motives but are starting to...
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Bilingual ban hits teachers
Bilingual teacher training faces an uncertain future in the United States with the passage of Proposition 2, which all but bans bilingual teaching in California schools, writes Tim Cornwell. The...
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Try Suharto, students demand
MUSLIM students led protesters outside the Indonesian parliament last week demanding that former president Suharto be tried for corruption. Their action is one of many across the archipelago by...
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Congress cuts loan interest rates
STUDENTS applying for loans in the United States this summer will be the first to gain from a cut in their interest rates approved by Congress. But a student lobbyist who helped pass the measure...
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Governors need business nous
Whistleblowers at Anglia Polytechnic University have now asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England to intervene to examine their complaints. At St Austell College, education secretary...
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Lords must leap to grants defence
The Teaching and Higher Education Bill is now through the House of Commons. During its progress the government has used its majority to strip out two amendments inserted by the House of Lords against...
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Trivial tabloid headlines mar quality debate
"IT IS time," thundered the leader writer (THES, June 5) "to restate a few big things". Sadly, the thunder died away into the misty drizzle of introspection that has characterised The THES's approach...
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Help offer for Glasgow
THE Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine and, specifically, the orthoptists board, was fully aware of the Higher Education Quality Council audit visit to Glasgow Caledonian University...
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Italian job
THE academic plan under discussion at Queen's University Belfast proposes the closure of degree courses in Italian (THES, June 5). This means that Italian would not be taught to degree level anywhere...
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Prejudice, professors and pride
HOW can The THES state that "academics are probably less prejudiced than most professions" (June 5)? Let us take the example of gender. Damning evidence over recent years has demonstrated the...
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Prejudice, professors and pride
I APPLAUD your article on Lola Young and her achievements (THES, June 5). However these do not include being the first black woman professor in a British university. That distinction is held by Mel...
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Prejudice, professors and pride
In response to some misunderstanding of the tabulation derived by The THES and contained in Lola Young's article, here is a supplementary note. As originally stated, information concerning...