V-cs wary of central control
Vice chancellors fear that the creation of a single qualifications authority, heralded in this week's Queen's Speech, could give ministers the power to approve some higher education awards. Plans to...
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Evidence links BSE to humans
Researchers at Imperial College, London this week revealed the first direct evidence appearing to show that mad cows disease has been transmitted to humans. The study, carried out by a team led by...
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TIGER says missing sink is to be found in forests
Scientists appear to have solved the mystery of where huge quantities of man-made carbon dioxide are ending up after being pumped into the atmosphere, writes Kam Patel. Tropical forests were declared...
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Students launch young voter registration drive
The practice of democracy is a lesson many United States university and college students have traditionally failed to learn, writes Jon Marcus. Twenty-five years after the voting age was lowered to...
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Walking tapes rock the black ship
When Tokushima University in Southern Japan proposed an international exchange centre for foreign students, local people's first thought was for the safety of their vegetables. Members of the...
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Rare Russian Masonic books stolen to order
Thieves have broken into one of Russia's leading historical public lending libraries and stolen part of a unique collection of rare Masonic books and a copy of the first book published in Russian....
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The awful choice of Clinton or ...
Honestly, it will be very hard for me to vote for Clinton. I voted for him in 1992 (the first time I voted for a presidential winner). However, his presidency has been seriously disappointing. Though...
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Modules to modernity
Initial teacher training is in a mess, in part because politicians abolished quality control. Michael Barber proposes a fresh route to rigour and relevance. Most of the 10,000 new entrants to the...
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Home View
It is a striking fact that universities, predominantly through the ever-increasing efforts of those who work in them, have continued to produce high-quality teaching and research despite the savage...
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Cash for colleges
Oxford University's academics will soon vote on whether to release a plot of land for a Pounds 20 million business school funded by Syrian entrepreneur Wafic Said. Valentine Cunningham explains why...
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Sir Ron aims to enthuse the poor
Sir Ron Dearing this week appealed to universities to give renewed emphasis to the old Robbins objective of transmitting common standards of citizenship in the wake of the murder of London headmaster...
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Simon Saunders of Coventry University
(Photograph) - Simon Saunders of Coventry University shows off the "ultimate car" for the year 2096 as envisaged by his transport design students. The vehicle, created in collaboration with design...
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Students fall victim to French law
Research students arriving on exchange schemes as English assistants at Nanterre University have fallen foul of tough French immigration laws. Ten PhD students of United States, Canadian, Indian and...
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Moray deal
Moray House Institute of Education and Edinburgh University are to explore the possibility of a merger which would create Scotland's largest university. Moray House has been an associated college of...
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Techno triumphs
Eight further education colleges have received awards totalling Pounds 200,000 for projects using new teaching and learning technologies. Bilston Community College, Bromley College, City College...