Older staff win free university places
Strathclyde University's continuing education centre has offered university staff 150 free places on its learning in later life and extension programmes. Staff winning places include Alan Chambers, a...
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The lecturers worth their salt
Di Burton argues that traditional staff should not regard the 'practitioner' academic as a second-class citizen Today's universities are fighting to win students by showing their relevance in the...
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Fees hike would not deter undergraduates
Undergraduate fees are on course for a radical shake-up, according to new research that suggests that fees could be doubled without fear of dampening student demand. According to the findings of...
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Baroness Perry calls for universities to have the right to set their own fees
Baroness Perry, former vice-chancellor of South Bank University and now president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, has called for universities to have the right to set their own fees, writes...
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Greens plan college
The Green Party has proposed the establishment of a University of Blackpool to siphon off students from nearby Manchester and help smooth out the seasonal nature of the seaside town's economy. The...
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EU launches FP5 research funding
The European Union officially launched its Pounds 10.4 billion Fifth Framework Programme for research this week at a conference in Essen, Germany. More than 4,000 delegates from universities and...
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A career in several volumes
A book a year? No sweat. Harriet Swain talks to Jeremy Black, the prolific historian who prefers Freddie Mercury to Queen Victoria. This autumn, Jeremy Black, professor of history at the University...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
There were two views of human nature when I was a student. One, promulgated by the church, was that humans are fundamentally bad, even if redeemable. The other derived its weight from the profoundly...
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A click in the right direction
Marry textbooks and computers and you may have a learning match made in heaven, says Harry Gensler Do textbooks have a future? In 20 years from now will students use computerised materials instead of...
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When words are not enough
Although textbook presentation in the UK has leapt forward, students will still demand ever more value, says Simon Lake. In The Student Market Today , a market research report published by the...
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Darwinian devolution
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers - Unto Others - Shaping Life - Divided Labours - The Truth about Cinderella
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From Bolivia to Broadway
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
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Fictions etched by rain in rock
Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900
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Innumerate star-gazers
Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a pioneering work that was at the forefront of the women's liberation movement. "It is true that the...