High price for participation
Poor pay in London is threatening the government's target for half of people under 30 to experience higher education by 2010 and could discourage overseas students, London's vice-chancellors have...
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OU in US to close due to lack of students
The United States Open University will close in June after failing to attract enough students, writes Alison Goddard. The Open University has spent some £9 million over the past four years to...
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Whistleblowers
The £6,000-a-year Anglo-European College of Chiropractic appears to have a novel way of testing its students - it recycles its test questions. The THES has copies of two second-year biochemistry test...
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Herbs are the smart choice
Traditional herbal remedies may prove to be the perfect pill for students preparing for exams, according to scientists in Australia. Pharmacologist Pradeep Nathan and cognitive psychologist Con...
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Wired to the nano future
Scientists have accidentally created what could be the finest metallic wires yet made, a million times thinner than a human hair. The discovery by teams at Birmingham and St Andrews universities may...
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NUS net 'revolution' fails to ignite profits
The National Union of Students has admitted that its "online revolution" internet deal has made £5 million, rather than the £50 million predicted. The NUS signed its internet rights for the next 30...
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Scottish timidity a barrier to start-ups
Scots are only half as likely as those from similar countries to start their own business, enterprise researchers at Strathclyde University have found. But they are more likely to start a business...
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Virtual volcano training
Humanitarian workers facing complex emergencies such as the volcanic destruction of Goma and famine in Afghanistan may in future be offered realistic training using computer simulations. Researchers...
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Fed-up French postgrads tackle sex pest taboo
Sexual harassment - a taboo topic in French higher education - is being challenged by a group of postgraduates who are gaining support across the university system. Clasches (Collectif de Lutte Anti-...
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Ireland's image hit by racial attacks
Racist attacks on foreign students in Ireland are threatening a rapidly expanding business worth at least €450 million (£5 million) a year. "Ten years ago overseas students used to say it's much...
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Law professor sacked over porn videos
A law professor at the University of Camerino in central Italy has been sacked for allegedly making videos of his sexual encounters with female students in his office, writes Paul Bompard. Ezio...
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Don's Diary: Posting in paradise
Week one Madang, Papua New Guinea, is often described as the prettiest town in the Pacific. I am here for two years to teach journalism at Divine Word University. At the end of the drive is a lagoon...
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Turks crack down on Kurd campaign
Demonstrations demanding that Kurdish be used in Turkish universities have triggered a crackdown and numerous arrests. According to the main Kurdish party, Hadep, more than 5,000 people have been...
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Ambitious US fighters weather the storm
THES reporters find out how enrolments on MBA courses around the world have fared in the face of slowing economies and the aftermath of September 11 September 11 added to the gathering clouds of...
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Argentina braced for a decline in interest
THES reporters find out how enrolments on MBA courses around the world have fared in the face of slowing economies and the aftermath of September 11. Luis Pereiro, interim dean of the Business School...