Country cousins miss out
China's town and city dwellers are significantly better educated than the rural population, according to a working group for the country's tenth Five Year Plan for national education. The group's...
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Mbeki strives to calm violence
South African President Thabo Mbeki has criticised student protesters who have severely disrupted universities since the academic year started in February. Several demonstrations have turned violent...
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Hike in visa cost will not deter foreign students
Immigration Minister Des Browne argues that a 'robust and fair' system requires a 'realistic' level of fee As Immigration Minister, I am well aware of the opportunities of globalisation. Some...
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On the move
Brigid Heywood , currently professor of inorganic chemistry and pro vice-chancellor (research and enterprise) at Keele University, has been appointed pro vice-chancellor (research and staff) at the...
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Internationalisation of R&D - opportunities outweigh risks, says Potocnik
Brussels, 31 Mar 2005 Today's increasingly global economy has many consequences, and in the scientific field perhaps the most obvious of these is the internationalisation of research and development...
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International forum for technologies in maritime and navigation,
Brussels, 31 Mar 2005 An international technology transfer day on the maritime and navigation field will take place in Palermo, Sicily, on 30 September. It will form part of the International Forum...
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Innovation and the Structural Funds - call for tenders
Brussels, 31 Mar 2005 The European Commission's Regional Policy DG has published a call for tenders for the strategic evaluation of innovation and the knowledge-based economy in relation to the...
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Today's news
Arts and humanities get own research council Today, arts and humanities scholars get their own long-awaited research council, a sign of the growing economic respect the government has for the...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Are you at a real university? The news that six higher education colleges are to achieve "full university status" has increased demands for a reliable student guide to what counts as a full...
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Leader: Keep science in its safe haven
Chancellor Gordon Brown has been the most important person in British science since 1997. Some of his decisions have been controversial. But his willingness to put significant sums into research has...
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Leader: Arts body to enrich UK
The creation of a research council for the arts and humanities this week marked a new era for an area of research that has long been overlooked by the Government. The Arts and Humanities Research...
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Unjust deserts of pay reward 1
It is hardly surprising that employers, in the guise of Universities UK and the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, are trying to dampen expectations of a decent pay settlement this year...
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Unjust deserts of pay reward 2
Congratulations to Leeds University for implementing a pay band for professors and senior managers. But, contrary to your report ("Senior staff put on Leeds pay spine", March 25), it is not the first...
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Unaccounted
On March 18, an 800-page edition of the Cambridge University Reporter thudded onto desks.It was racily titled "Accounts of the Colleges and Approved Foundations in the University of Cambridge", and a...
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Take note 1
Frank Furedi does his old undergraduate instructor a disservice when he complains about having received a six-page handout on Plato's Republic . ("I refuse to hand it to students on a plate", March...