Years ago, after the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, I was invited to a panel in California with a number of gang leaders and politicians. I was struck by how much the word "respect" was used in an...
Julia Hinde kicks off a three-page special on New Zealand research with a look at a unique study that has followed the development of 1,000 people from their birth years ago More than a quarter of...
Each week we list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk NATURAL ENVIRONMENTRESEARCH COUNCIL www.nerc.ac.uk Postdoctoral Research Fellowships...
...and detect the drift of whole continents In a second world war bunker in the New Zealand countryside, 30m below the ground, tiny variations in the Earth's rotation are being measured. The steady...
The antioxidant properties of kiwi fruit could have a beneficial impact on health Kiwi students are eating their fruit namesake in the name of science. Researchers from the University of Auckland and...
Yachtsmen are relying on a new nautical friend to plot and win races -the computer Gone are the days when yacht design involved rough measurements and a drawing board. Today, designing the winning...
Underfunding is causing a brain drain, but a new commission is set to examine how money is distributed I have plenty of questions, but not much in the way of answers yet," says Norman Kingsbury, the...
Before launching her web-based courses, Diana Kelly put herself in the students' shoes and learnt how to learn online My new year's resolution in 1999 was to learn about online teaching. After 20...
A Rapport with your students will come naturally, provided you have a professional approach to your supervision and allow students time to raise issues with you. Being professional in your...
Katherine Sarikakis writes about a US programme where doctoral students are 'lent out' to colleges to gain experience After a 24-hour journey that started in rainy Heathrow, I made it to the land of...
Postgraduates are under so much work pressure that they fail to find the time to undergo formal research training, the annual conference of the National Postgraduate Committee will hear today. Less...
Dutch universities and colleges are to be awarded hallmarks of approval under a new system designed to make higher education more competitive and to raise academic standards. An independent body will...
Further education colleges are to be encouraged to borrow millions of pounds to replace crumbling campuses through a new lending agency. The Further Education Funding Council has launched a public-...
(Photograph) - An Indonesian student activist shouts slogans outside the parliament compound during a meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly on Monday. Protesters believe members of the...
Brenda Gourley looks to a medical school that was a voice for justice in apartheid to guide the anti-Aids fight It might not seem like much to institutions able to measure their history in hundreds...