(Photograph) - Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division is excavating a very rare Neolithic settlement thought to be more than 5,000 years old in the middle of a...
At least six colleges in the south-east were targeted by a sophisticated fraud operation over the summer vacation, it emerged this week. The Further Education Funding Council swung into action on...
Should we recycle paper? Roland Clift and David Pearce disagree about the most economical and environmental way of getting rid of rubbish. The paper industry is investing in recycling. The recent...
The fascists are back - but the old thugs have been joined by new activists sporting blue blazers over their black shirts. Roger Eatwell reports. As the Russian armies neared the Fuhrerbunker in late...
There was a time when you knew it was August. Its start was signalled by the publication of a major document by the old Department of Education and Science on which comments were required by the end...
FRIDAY. Cycling to the airport, I remember at least five important things I did not do before finishing work. Make two phone calls from departure lounge sorting out three of them. On the plane relive...
I am a chauvinist regarding my academic home, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, United States, and, in spite of the nasty budget cuts we are suffering, the 30th anniversary of its creation by...
Mohammed Al-Mousawi (THES, September 1) may have revealed prejudice in the medical school admissions procedure but it is not linked to race. Gareth Harrison (predicted four As and one B) was offered...
United States politics being an ugly game, it was predictable that Congress Republicans should get accountants to pick apart Bill Clinton's pet AmeriCorps programme. Under the programme, launched by...
A bill proposing that Israeli universities accept any undergraduate candidate who has passed the high-school matriculation exam has raised fears of longer degree courses. The parliamentary education...
What is all the fuss about foundation years? Are the recent front-page "revelations" about "universities for failures" any more than a new slant on the same old standards scandal that always surfaces...
The Trades Union Congress has warmed to HE, says David Triesman. The Trades Union Congress begins in Brighton next Monday, a week later than normal - a fact which may represent the TUC's greatest...
I read "The Common Health Games" (THES, August 25) with alarm. The recent Government interest in new facilities and increased support for sports men and women attempting to achieve at the highest...
Former University of Ulster sociologists, Ronaldo Munck and Honor Fagan, are in hiding on a boat in Durban's marina, living in fear of their lives. They are being protected by an armed guard provided...
Richard Cox says Durham University operates an "affirmative recruitment policy for outstanding athletes". Certainly we welcome and encourage applictions from people who combine academic quality with...