School pupils fail to make the grade
The proportion of pupils leaving school in South Africa with the qualifications to enter university has fallen for the fourth year running. This has forced the higher education sector, which has...
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San Francisco
A 22-year-old man was arrested in New Jersey for assaulting 78-year-old Eli Wiesel, the Nobel laureate, during a conference in San Francisco. Eric Hunt is charged with attempted kidnapping, false...
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Brussels
The European Commission has established an expert group to look at boosting philanthropic donations to European Union universities, colleges and research institutions. The committee will report by...
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Gabon
The authorities at the National University in Libreville, Gabon, have expelled eight students. The leaders of the National Student Union were alleged to have manhandled academics who continued to...
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Where are the campus protests against war?
Students rioted against the Vietnam War, but little has been heard from universities about Iraq, says Mary Evans Ten days ago in my local supermarket, I met the mother of a young man who is serving...
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To justify their salaries, v-cs should start looking after their staff
Sally Hunt is sceptical that the performance of university heads merits the rises they received It was good to see The Times Higher finally coming off the fence last week to argue for better pay -...
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Scots' own stellar event
In the week of the Oscars, a Glasgow University professor organised his own night with the stars. John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and academic colleagues hosted a ticketed evening of star-...
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Wanna be a v-c? Go to Bristol
Bristol University is a breeding ground for vice-chancellors, it would appear. Four geographers who got PhDs from Bristol in the 1970s have recently been appointed vice-chancellor: Richard Davies (...
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Desperately seeking Sarah
Sheffield Hallam University can boast some of the most honest students. Sarah Akers, an 18-year-old psychology undergraduate, was sent half a dozen letters from the Inland Revenue urging her to claim...
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Surprised by such old news
"Surprise ?68 million cut in research funding", ran the headline on a story in The Guardian 's online edition last week. The report says: "Not a science researcher in the country would have been...
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A place to nourish your mind and body?
The OU and Tesco have struck a deal to offer discounts on degree study, but Geoff Andrews has a number of ethical concerns. So customers of the UK's largest supermarket are to be encour-aged to...
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Defence of the jury is an open and shut case
If we abandon trial by our peers, we abandon the transparency essential to a robust legal system, argues Thom Brooks Why should we have a right to a trial by jury? An increasing number of academics...
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Time to get off the treadmill
Each day brings another invitation to some pointless conference. Frank Furedi recommends giving them all the cold shoulder. I can just about live with my daily round of commercial spam. Without a...
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Don't let bullies crush your zest
Workplace bullying is often subtle but can destroy a victim's health, confidence and career. Harriet Swain outlines the steps you can take to nip this growing problem in the bud and where to get help...
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No Victorian vices at weekends
Name: Diane Mason. Age: 51. Job: Freelance writer, researcher and sometime lecturer at Bath Spa University. Education: I left school at 15 with no qualifications and entered higher education in 1992...