UK quality guidelines perpetuate colonialism
Our concepts and language are being pressed on the overseas partners of UK institutions, argues Pieta Monks The United States has lost the cold war. The West is in the throes of an economic...
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Letters: Publishers be damned
The logic of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society's decision to withhold payment of copyright royalties to members is misleading ("Royalties on hold in fee dispute", THES, March 9). The...
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Why I... believe psychohistory shouldacknowledge its founding father
Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson's work on psychohistory began in 1939, with the redrafting of an essay on the rise of Adolf Hitler. For Erikson, a Danish-German-American-Jewish-Protestant-agnostic yet...
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Hope for the homeless
When it comes to education, the homeless need all the help they can get, writes Carolyn Hayman. If entry to higher education took the form of a race, we would see students from private sector schools...
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It's the same 'old' story in HE
More work is required to make lifelong learning available for life, argues Brian Groombridge. Last month, when the government refuelled controversy over state-school students and elite universities,...
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What price progress?
When it comes to misconduct in research, can science ever be self-policing or does the sector need to rethink its strategy? Nicholas Steneck questions. During the second world war and continuing...
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Cutting edge: David Macdonald
Exploration of oil may have peaked in the 20th century, but petroleum geologists are still needed for environmental research and to predict the effects of global warming. Many United States oil-belt...
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Device tracks pigeon home
The secrets of homing pigeons are set to be revealed after the creation of an ultra-lightweight flight recorder that uses satellite tracking to plot each bird's exact course. The matchbox-sized...
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Bitter ideology united killers
The mass murderers of the Nazi regime were ideologically motivated Germans who were inured to their crimes by a spiral of political violence, according to the first systematic analysis of the chief...
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How to... Enrich a teaching portfolio
David Baume advises on how to inject a bit of soul into the bare facts that sketch a career. It takes years, even decades, to build a good research career, but it is a record of achievement that is...
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Would it work here?
The essence of the University of Wisconsin system is that institutions, even prestigious, research-intensive ones, have more to gain than to lose by, in effect, pooling their sovereignty and...
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Creative Brit lands top South African post
British statistician Norma Reid has swept aside local contenders to win selection as head of South Africa's largest university, the University of the Wi****ersrand. Professor Reid, also known as Lady...
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Asteroid hazard prompts cash call
Peers have called on the government to provide funds to avert the potential threat of asteroids and other space debris colliding with the Earth. Earlier this month, the government announced a package...
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Bursary shock for medics
Fast-track medical students on a flagship government scheme are set to lose thousands of pounds in National Health Service bursaries following a ruling that they will be means-tested on their parents...
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Latest UK news
Crisis highlights 'need for science' The countrywide foot-and-mouth crisis illustrates the importance of science in everyday life, the president of the British Association for the Advancement of...