Age-old battle continues with true believers
As researchers continue to seek traces of the biblical flood, Tim Cornwell reports on the stand-off between science and religion. In the early 19th century, the days before Charles Darwin and his...
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Kuala Lumpur
Education minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced that his ministry and the University Malaysia Sabah are discussing setting up a new private university in Kota Kinabalu, in the east of the...
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Vienna
Austria is to encourage private universities to compete with public institutions in higher education. Several US universities have already indicated an interest in offering courses in Austria that...
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Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience 1999 Investigator-...
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Counsellors require more guidance
Guidance and counselling services in universities can be "patchy or non-existent", according to a report by the Careers Research and Advisory Centre. Guidance services will become a higher priority...
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Pisa
Italy's doctoral students have asked president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to halt controversial plans for the mass promotion of 3,500 graduate technicians to tenured researchers through special...
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Gabon
Hundreds of students clashed with armed police on the streets of Libreville, capital of Gabon, over the failure to build more student hostels and an extra cafeteria. Some students were wounded trying...
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North hit as applications fall
Universities and colleges are bracing themselves for a fall in the number of applications for full-time higher education places in 1999. The number of applications received by the Universities and...
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Scots Tories consider paying fees
The Conservative Party north of the border is investigating a scheme that would effectively abolish tuition fees for Scottish students, writes Olga Wojtas. Party activists are researching the costs...
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Dyslexics may suffer bias
Old universities must better identify and support students with dyslexia, according to a report by the national working party on dyslexia in higher education commissioned by HEFCE. The controversial...
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UCL merger to create European study centre
Proposals are being considered by University College London for a centre that would incorporate the newly merged School of Slavonic and East European Studies and existing departments within UCL....
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Colleges should beware recruitment prejudice
It would be "a tragedy" if colleges started to avoid recruiting difficult student groups in order to improve their standards indicators, Chris Hughes (below), chief executive of the Further Education...
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RAE nears agreement on medical research
The debate on how best to assess clinical medical research in the 2001 research assessment exercise was partly resolved this week with an agreement for sub-panels. A meeting, including the Higher...
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MPs request finance details for education
MPs have criticised the government for keeping colleges and universities in the dark over financial planning. Members of the Commons' education sub-committee said that the comprehensive spending...
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Call to cut back degrees
A halt should be called to university expansion amid evidence that qualification inflation is devaluing degrees, according to Rethinking Higher Education, published today. Thomas Lange's report, for...