How to make it add up
"Participation hits 43%" (March 30) missed the figures paving the way for Tony Blair's legacy. It shows that, if the initial participation rate is extended to include those aged 31-60, and if private...
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Leader: Ensuring cheats do not prosper
A couple of years ago, one university, in a desire to be seen to be taking the issue of plagiarism seriously, took the commendable step of spelling out exactly what did and what did not constitute...
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Felipe Fernández-Armesto
I have staked a lot on centenaries but I fail to understand their charm. In 1988, I published a book about the Spanish Armada. I had a biography of Columbus ready for 1992. I took part in...
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World encompassed
Poor organisation pushes poles abroad Polish academics would appear to be something of a law unto themselves when it comes to setting up courses and turning up to work.Disgruntled students are voting...
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Support to attend international meetings
Deadline: 15/06/2007
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Historian hits out at Jewish student lobby
Israeli academic accuses campus groups of being 'ambassadors of Israel'. Melanie Newman reports An Israeli academic has suggested that Jewish student groups are courting Muslim anger by aligning...
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Men - the latest objects to come under the academic microscope
They're being outnumbered and outperformed by young women at university, writes Melanie Newman. And, according to controversial Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield, they need to fight back to restore...
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'Understanding the policymaking process is of particular interest'
Fergus Lyon joins the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit to help provide policy advice and support to government. An academic from Middlesex University is set to help shape government policy when he...
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On the move...
* Brighton University has appointed Gilly Nicol , director of the Eastbourne and District Chamber of Commerce, business development manager for the culinary arts studio. * Cambridge University has...
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Lesson 1: make school cool
Rock stars' row highlights need to recruit working class pupils, writes Melanie Newman. A recent spat between two rock stars has highlighted the problems universities face in persuading the working...
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Lecturer told not to air dissent on same-sex ceremony ban
A Canterbury Christ Church University professor was criticised by his vice-chancellor for calling a debate over the institution's ban on same-sex civil partnership ceremonies, writes Melanie Newman....
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Bit of fowl play in the water
A complex mathematical model used to help the nuclear power industry clear radioactive sludge from the Sellafield power plant has been put to an altogether different use by enterprising physicists at...
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Next week
In praise of private learning Steve Smith, vice-chancellor of Exeter University, on why language schools need a rethink Plus Body of knowledge: are cadavers an essential aid in teaching students to...
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Inside track...
Our occasional column keeps youJabreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the move in your field. WANTED: STAFF WILLING TO GET HANDS DIRTY The only...
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Foreign recruits no threat to quality
Rammell denies spiralling workloads linked to internationalisation, says Rebecca Attwood. Bill Rammell, 糖心Vlog Minister, this week washed his hands of complaints that the rise in...