Fish called wander
(Photograph) - Fish called wander: James Chinneck of Leeds Metropolitan University based "The Suitcase Experience" on his ideas on tourism, travel and cultural politics. It helped him win a first and...
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Reel future
As cinema celebrates its first century, David Puttnam opens this THES nine-page special by looking to the next. He tells Kam Patel that despite US domination of the industry Britain's technological...
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An Aboriginal inspiration
Colin Bourke describes the campaign for an indigenous university. Indigenous Australians have made a significant impact on higher education over the past few decades. In 1974, only 55 Aboriginal...
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Solar flair
(Photograph) - Solar flair: Southampton University researchers Tom Markvart (middle), Adam Wasenczuk (left) and Gavin Conibeer, inspect roof-top solar energy panels they are using to find ways of...
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It's good to chalk
(Photograph) - It's good to chalk: A giant 15ft blackboard tells of the anxiety students feel about education before finals. Designed by Pat Flynn, a final-year student at Staffordshire University,...
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Cancer pioneer keeps home base
Caroline Mountford's pioneering technique in the early detection of cancer is leading the international fight against one of the most frightening and prolific diseases in the world today. The...
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The student experience
Student loans injected a dose of financial reality into Australian universities. Linda Christmas look at the results. Cheryl Stewart 28, has a three-year-old daughter and is studying for a masters at...
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UK musical benefits from Ealing arts
Kam Patel talks to Brian Izzard, director of the first 'genuine' British musical this decade, about the right to be pretentious and the right to fail. It is a fair bet that many of the famous...
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Goodbye to the good times
Australia was a land of plenty for higher education under Labor - plenty of students, jobs, and loans. Under the new conservative coalition, the threat is plenty of cuts. Geoff Maslen looks at the...
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Doctor's trek for elusive platypus
After more than a decade of researching Australia's most unusual native animal, the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), David Goldney admits he still becomes excited when he manages to track one of...
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Market effect clouds blue skies
Blue-skies research in Britain is being threatened by industry and the Government placing too much emphasis on project or market-orientated work, according to Nobel Laureate Sir John Vane. Giving a...
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Blackstone goes for fees
Baroness Blackstone told a conference in London this week that Labour party plans to boost funding by recovering student maintenance costs would not sustain a high-quality system. But Labour is...
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Howl win?
The question was: "If you subtract five from 87 as many times as you can what will you get in the end? One boy answered: "I get 82 each time." Association of University Teachers' general secretary...
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Russian elections fail to dampen pioneer spirit
Russian academics have little to fear from a communist victory in the country's presidential campaign if the experience of Volgograd, which swung to the party in local elections last year, is an...
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Misleading talk of what is a graduate
In its discussion paper on graduate standards, the 糖心Vlog Quality Council argues that there is an essence of graduateness characteristic to those who have successfully completed an honours...