Italy fears incursion of US sub
Italian archaeologists fear that an American nuclear research submarine may be exploring sunken wrecks in Italy's territorial waters. Their claims followed the sighting of a mysterious conning tower...
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Scientists blamed for diluvian disaster
The disastrous flooding in the Oder Basin in Poland and Germany was not the fault of the Czechs, who opened their reservoirs, or of a wrathful God, but the responsibility of Polish scientists,...
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Court reversal for Siena tutors
An Italian court has reversed a ruling that awarded 14 foreign language lecturers at Siena University salaries at associate professor level and backdated pay worth Pounds 3 million, writes Paul...
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Why research pays
The university of the future Much of the initial comment on the Dearing committee report on higher education has focused on its call for a contribution by working graduates to the cost of their...
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Britain's fatal delay
THOSE who would evaluate how Britain left India (in both senses) (THES, August 1) might note that during the second world war there was a mission by Stafford Cripps to bring all native parties into a...
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Big advances in small print
While researchers rejoice over Dearing there are those who believe that tuition should remain free and that part-time students deserve more support DEARING, it seems, is good news. Predictably, both...
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Mediocrity revisited
THE Dearing report was a big disappointment. It had nothing of substance to recommend about either the structure or content of higher education. Its only significant recommendation was to impose a...
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Marriage made in heaven
While researchers rejoice over Dearing there are those who believe that tuition should remain free and that part-time students deserve more support DEARING recommended that an Arts and Humanities...
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New Labour must recreate trust
While researchers rejoice over Dearing there are those who believe that tuition should remain free and that part-time students deserve more support THE NEW Government came in on a wave of...
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Rushdie's omission
ALEXANDER Evans (THES, July 18) fails to address the crucial point of my review (THES, June ). This concerned Salman Rushdie's claim that Indian literature in English since 1947 is superior to...
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Why means-testing will end in tears
IF THE Government is intent on charging fees, means-testing loans and protecting the "poorest" students then it must seriously consider how it determines who are the poorest. The Mandatory Awards...
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Confirmed bachelors
IN RESPONSE to your article on course advertising by German universities, in particular the TU Dresden, where the introduction of bachelor's degrees by TU Dresden from next semester is described as...
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Double trouble
(Photograph) - After Ian McKellan's Richard III and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, comes Betty and Bobby's Macbeth. Queen Margaret College drama students Claire Knight and Rozlyn Sheridan play Betty and...
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Boycotted bank bids for debt
A BANK boycotted by students for being "unethical" is among those bidding to buy the student debt. Student unions have been advising their members not to use Midland Bank for the past six years,...
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Death, fire, closure
A Kenyan university is facing indefinite closure after a nearby trading centre was burnt down by students angered by the mysterious death of a colleague. Vice chancellor Japheth Kiptoon shut down...