On the move
Terry Goodison, who has been developing and leading the University of Wolverhampton's BA degree in interactive multimedia communication for six years, has been appointed senior research fellow of The...
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In the news
Theresa May has struggled to make an impression as shadow education secretary over the past 15 months. But this is not surprising given that she has spent most of the time since her appointment in...
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Trashing royalty
There was no chauffeur-driven limo for Ivo Svoboda of the Scottish Agricultural College when he visited Balmoral on business: instead he arrived on the council dustcart to investigate the contents of...
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Violence in the genes
Who is the smartest person in the world? The organisers of the spoof Ig Nobel Prizes devised a remarkably fast way to answer the question by asking contenders to talk over each other for 30 seconds,...
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Conference call
Delegates at the Labour Party conference last week were instructed to switch off their mobile phones as they entered the conference hall. Sadly, this meant that they were unable to check David...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES ... Rick Trainor argued that the Millennium Dome offers great opportunities to higher education Judith Watson Brighton Rick Trainor correctly identifies a "pivotal role" for...
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Eyewitness
The economic boom that Kuwait has built in the past 30 years on oil has not come without cost to the flora and fauna of the country's small offshore islands in the Gulf. Their fragile ecosystems are...
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Belgrade
Belgrade University students and Serbian police marched together this week to demand that President Milosevic return the "stolen" presidential election to Vojislav Kostunica, who claims 52 per cent...
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Tittle-tattle in Pole position
The hot favourite for Polish president faces a few education problems - not least his own, says George Blazyca On Sunday, Poland will choose its president for the next five years. This time, unlike...
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Colleges open in Chechnya
The Russian education ministry has reopened three universities in the Chechen capital Grozny even though fighting between federal forces and rebels continues. Students were officially welcomed back...
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Islamic students barred in Turkey
Thousands of women wearing Islamic headscarves and men sporting beards were barred from enrolling at Turkish universities for the fourth year running. More than 500 students at Ankara University's...
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Protesters fight plan to levy fees
Austria's controversial right-of-centre government has for the first time since its formation in February met an opponent more formidable than the European Union, its "wise men" and Jacques Chirac...
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Vatican angers Jews
A day of dialogue between Jews and Christians scheduled to take place this month at Rome's Pontifical University has been called off by the Jewish participants. The decision follows the Vatican's...
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Bond enters canon
The English classics curriculum at Delhi University is to be reduced to make room for more contemporary texts, including popular fiction, in a move that has raised eyebrows in conservative academic...
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Lessons from a 7ft penis
Campus groups trying to educate students about sex are taking a lesson from a popular performer, who is dressing up their message in a provocative cabaret. Posters denouncing homophobia are being...