Cutting edge
Today's computers allow us to do large-scale calculations. But just how trustworthy are the results they produce? When I started doing research at Manchester University in 1959, the number of...
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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 European Union Fourth Research & Technological...
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Big pay-off for Glasgow partnership
A partnership between academia and industry to commercialise Glasgow's science base has made a significant impact on the city's economy, says a report published yesterday by the Glasgow Development...
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US loses grip on share of foreign market
The United States's share of the international education market has fallen from 40 per cent about ten years ago to 32 per cent. Alarmed that the US is losing its share of foreign students to other...
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Public fears over industry ties
The public's trust in the work of university researchers could be compromised by their accepting money from industry, a psychologist claimed this week. "University scientists are quite highly trusted...
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Rushdie freedom fighters
Brian Groombridge went to Oslo to hear what cultural workers think about Net copyright and intellectual rights Salman Rushdie may still be at risk, but at least he is no longer on the hit list of a...
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Eye witness
This Sunday's elections in the Basque country are a key step in the peace process that began with the separatist movement ETA's ceasefire on September 16. Politicians are hoping for a high turnout...
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Birth rate fall slims student body
As school pupils took to the streets in France demanding more teachers and better conditions, the university year was getting under way more peacefully. For education minister Claude All gre,...
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US college life stars in next TV soap hit
It is that time of year in Hollywood when the television networks try out their new series on the discerning viewer. Many of these ill-conceived ventures rapidly crash and burn as audiences turn...
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Volga river city weathers slide of the rouble
There is an independent air about Saratov, capital of one of Russia's leading reformist regions. The Volga river city, 500 miles south-east of Moscow, is proud of its 400-year history as a trading...
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Academics accused of sex with detained Malay leader
Two university lecturers have been accused of engaging in homosexual acts with Malaysia's now imprisoned former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. They are Hairany Modh Naffis, a political science...
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Protesters dig feet in over privatisation
French archaeologists called off a ten-day strike last week after the culture minister froze proposals to "privatise" compulsory excavations of particular sites before construction starts, writes...
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Dearing calls for world partners
THE question of how lifelong learning can be financed without increased government spending was raised by Lord Dearing in Melbourne last week. Speaking at the University of Melbourne, Lord Dearing...
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Romania woos minority with university
Romania is investigating establishing a multilingual university in an effort to ward off a threat by the Hungarian minority party to withdraw from the ruling coalition. A Hungarian university has...
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Campaign to scrap race policy heats up
The cultural centre at the University of Washington is a legacy of the heady days of the civil rights era, when student protesters occupied the president's offices and demanded the campus open its...