Syria bans Turks from its private schools
Syria has banned Turkish students who want to study religion from its private schools as part of a crackdown on radical Islamic groups in the aftermath of last November's al-Qaida suicide attacks in...
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Student activism falls after terror attacks
The numbers of young women wearing headscarves, young men sporting beards and people selling religious tracts on Morocco's university campuses are higher than ten years ago. But there are signs that...
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Change of rule pleases rectors
Spanish universities face sweeping changes after voters brought the Socialist Party to power in a surprise victory after the Madrid bombing. The socialists have promised to increase funding and to...
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Quick fix will not rescue UK plc from RAE robbers
Lambert's proposal for a new stream of funding for business-relevant research is vital, argues Alan Reed. When the government publishes its ten-year investment framework for science and innovation...
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Gary Day
'Who can communicate in a language that's the love child of post-structuralism and the Institute for Learning and Teaching? Lots of people, apparently' I'd do anything to avoid work, except go to...
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Sykes holds on for share of cash
The annual earnings received by Sir Richard Sykes as rector of Imperial College London - some ?250,000 last year, placing him second in the league table of vice-chancellors' pay - do not form the...
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Warwick cushions US blow
Congratulations to students at Warwick University who have snatched back the record for the world's largest pillow fight from a US upstart. The students first claimed the record three weeks ago, with...
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Girl-power lunch a bit of a giggle
The lunch for female achievers hosted by the Queen earlier this month was graced by just one English vice-chancellor - Bernadette Porter, rector of Roehampton, University of Surrey. Dr Porter, who is...
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Lit up by a wave from Brian
Researchers from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen last week began sea trials of a prototype turbine platform that they hope will revolutionise the renewable energy industry by generating tidal...
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Don's diary: a craftsman of beautiful chaos
Monday Courtesy of an award from the Arts and Humanities Research Board, I'm en route to New York to interview Richard Foreman, the avant-garde writer and director. Foreman is virtually unknown to UK...
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Why I... believe Zionism isn't racist
According to my university student union, I am a racist. For two years before starting my masters degree, I worked for an anti-racism charity, and as an undergraduate I was active in tackling racism...
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Can't stem progress
The UK could profit from the US' politicking with basic biomedical research, says Roger Pedersen If you've seen the movie The Graduate, you'll remember the scene in which the financier walks over to...
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All deserve a sporting chance
Education is right to nurture sport as it widens access and fosters personal growth, says Deian Hopkin Almost 50 years ago, a 25-year-old student doctor ran the first four-minute mile, at Oxford...
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Your intellectual gonads on a knife-edge...
... or dealing with the media. Tim Birkhead offers a few tips on how to keep those scientific credentials intact You are completing your PhD when you have just had the good fortune, good supervision...
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JOBWATCH: add detail to a dream
To fulfil Suffolk's cherished dream of having its own university, its fairy godmothers are seeking a multi-talented mover and shaker to set the project on track. Pat Leon provides a progress report...