We might be a long way from talking to the animals, but according to Joyce Poole, when it comes to the African elephant, we are starting to understand them. Wachira Kigotho reports. Like the...
David Barnett uncovers the conflicting theatrical pretensions of the Nazis' chief cultural thug, Joseph Goebbels. On May 10 1940, Joseph Goebbels wrote in his diary, "At night to the theatre....
Imagine waking to find that you have mistakenly been buried alive. It is not a likely scenario, but Jan Bondeson says it probably does happen. There are certain themes of which the interest is all-...
Violence closes Ethiopian university The Ethiopian government has closed the University of Addis Ababa indefinitely following two days of clashes between students and riot police in which two...
Lib Dems' student loan pledge The Liberal Democrats have published their Youth Manifesto this week, promising student loans for all young people studying below degree level and greater funding parity...
Financial Times Plans to set up a Welsh baccalaureate for university entrance have been dealt a blow by the refusal of the International Baccalaureate Organisation to become involved. Researchers...
Protesting Ethiopian students face expulsion Riot police in Ethiopia have clashed with students from the University of Addis Ababa in protests over the way the campus is guarded. The...
Terrorists access nuclear arsenal The leakage of expertise and smuggling of nuclear material from the former Soviet Union have given terrorist groups a new capacity for destruction, Paul Wilkinson,...
The Financial Times Stockbroker TD Waterhouse is the latest financial group to sever links with Huntingdon Life Sciences after pressure from animal rights protesters. The Daily Mail Fears are growing...
Paisley names new prinicipal Paisley University has appointed John Macklin, currently pro vice-chancellor at Leeds University, principal from October. He will succeed Richard Shaw, who has been...
The Times Independent schools are snubbing the first exams of the new A-level curriculum, raising fears that a two-tier system is opening up across sixth forms. Vitali Valstev, a scientist from...
US body urges end to derogatory nicknames The US Commission on Civil Rights has urged colleges to stop using American Indian nicknames and mascots. It said their use by non-tribal colleges created a...
Universities urged to go green Universities and colleges were today urged to become more involved in promoting sustainable development, in the third report of the sustainable development...
The Guardian Roger Bilham, of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Philip England, of Oxford University, have solved the riddle of the Assam earthquake of 1897, the worst in modern history,...
More than 1,000 Ugandan students from Makerere University battled with riot police on the streets of the capital, Kampala, last week after the second fatal shooting of a student in the space of four...