You can no more make a whelk stall into a fish-and-chip shop than you can make a former polytechnic into a university, a lecturer writes. Once upon a time there was a whelk stall, a simple, honest,...
Rendell wins Lib Dem education brief David Rendell has been appointed further and higher education spokesman for the Liberal Democrats. He takes over from Evan Harris, the party’s new health...
Financial Times Blood from a newborn's umbilical cord can rebuild the blood supply of adults with leukaemia and other fatal blood diseases, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University...
Talks herald end of dispute Talks between the Nigerian government and leaders of the academic staff union may lead to the end of a nine-week closure of universities.&...
Ucas defends embattled AS levels The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has come out in support of the embattled AS-level exams. It said the results were helpful to higher...
The Guardian Alison Benjamin looks at a battle over the best way to spread the word, as modernisers seek to close run-down public libraries and replace them with high-tech centres. ( society section...
New minister appointed for higher education Tony Blair has appointed Margaret Hodge minister of state for lifelong learning and higher education in his cabinet reshuffle. Ms Hodge, former junior...
Businesswoman appointed Italian universities minister Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has appointed Letizia Moratti, head of a Milan brokerage firm, to be universities minister. From 1994 to 1996,...
Financial Times Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work, has announced a £1.5m scheme to train lone parents for careers in the financial services industry. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has...
12 June 2001 : Margaret Hodge gets higher education. Lord Sainsbury keeps science 11 June 2001 : Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes; Patricia Hewitt lands trade and industry 8 June...
Kenyan MP has degree withdrawn Makerere University has cancelled a degree awarded to a Kenyan member of parliament in 1990 after it was discovered that she had used forged papers to gain...
Financial Times US President George W. Bush is to use his first trip to Europe to offer millions of dollars in new research spending as an alternative to the Kyoto accord on climate change, which he...
Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes Estelle Morris has been confirmed as secretary of state for education and skills. She replaces David Blunkett, who moves to home secretary. Ms Morris,...
New series in The THES asks the big questions What is life about? How did the universe start? What is time? These are some of the questions that have plagued humanity since time began. Beginning on...
Russia's leading scientists have been ordered to report all foreign contacts involving cutting-edge science and technology to their superiors. Financier George Soros, who is in Moscow in connection...