France is in the dark over graduate knowledge, report says
Hardly anything is known about what French students learn during their higher education, according to a report that recommends standardised evaluation tests and training...
Search
-
-
Minsk campus loses powers
Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenka has assumed powers to hire or fire the rector of the "flagship" Belarusian State University in Minsk. The university lost its right to elect its rector or to...
-
The whore of Harvard
A former assistant to Larry Summers, now president of Harvard University, moonlighted as a prostitute while working in the university's hallowed halls, according to a US magazine. The woman, Kim Airs...
-
Shake-up gathers pace as institutions rise to assembly's challenge
The reconfiguration of higher education in Wales is moving forwards, with two more strategic alliances in the pipeline, funding council leaders have announced. Cash-strapped Lampeter University has...
-
Why low body count is fatal for anatomy
Some academics think technology allows anatomy to be taught without cadavers. Others are unconvinced. Claire Sanders reports The new Medical Sciences Teaching Centre at Oxford University holds a...
-
I will face the gun to fight for academic freedom
Zimbabwean students are dying fighting a tyrant but the Association of Commonwealth Universities prefers not to notice, says Tapera Kapuya This has been a critical week for Zimbabwe as the opposition...
-
'We need about 80 bodies a year. We get about 60'
Donald Farr, the dissecting room manager at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' is a firm believer that those who donate their bodies to science provide an invaluable service to medical education. "We need...
-
Women bond at strip clubs
On a girls' night out at a male strip club, women are more interested in female bonding than the sexual experiences pursued by their male counterparts, according to research, writes Natasha Gilbert....
-
No undead but bags of ah-ha!
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
-
Finding the measure of passion
Talcott Parsons
-
Novelty retains work incentive
The Future of the Capitalist State
-
Bring and buy for a feast of inspiration
The Uses of Sociology - Social Differences and Divisions - Social Change - Understanding Everyday Life
-
Foibles of Reds who didn't run from God
Exiles from a Future Time
-
-
The shock troops' front line
Critical Practice in Social Work