An unfair 'trading' tax to be avoided
Recent moves by the Inland Revenue to impose taxation on universities and further education colleges will add millions of pounds to the cost of providing higher education. The introduction of new tax...
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Steps to meet the huge increase in foreign students
The THES report (June 23) on the economic benefits of international students based on the recently published Committe of Vice Chancellors and Principals report comes at a time when more attention is...
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Labour supports highest standards of probity
Readers of your editorial page (THES, June 23) might be forgiven for detecting a contradictory note. In one editorial you acknowledged that the Nolan committee will have much to look at during its...
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God power
By some misfortune, Richard Swinburne is misrepresented in Gerard Kelly's very capable article about me (THES, June 30). A firm theological realist, Swinburne may well be described as one for whom...
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Hard sell for inventions
It is neither the scientists nor engineers in our universities that are "patently poor at capitalising on ideas" (THES, June 23) but the people who represent them. University researchers and teaching...
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Socrates set for demand crisis
European education ministers have warned that demand could far outstrip European Union funding when the new programme for educational exchanges and language learning gets off the ground. Socrates,...
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Pay strike delays class of '95
A strike by university lecturers and researchers in Portugal has disrupted entry exams for state higher education over the past week. The strike, which ended today, was in support of a union call for...
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Italian scientists rail against cuts
Italy's scientific community, including a number of Nobel Prize winners, is outraged by cuts to the already meagre budget for scientific research, and by rumours of further cuts in 1996. The 1995...
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Justice for new lawyers
Politicians mulling over the prospects of a more student-led higher education market may find the training debate currently preoccupying the legal profession instructive. Law graduates preparing to...
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History in making
The television series House of Cards - which confronted viewers with the image of Ian Richardson turning a picture of Margaret Thatcher face down with the words "Some day even the greatest reign must...
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Flying the flag: Edith Cresson at the Paris launch of the Socrates programme
(Photograph) - Flying the flag: former French minister Edith Cresson (right), now European commissioner for education, at the Paris launch of the Socrates programme with (left to right) Gustavo...
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Old pals diploma act
A decision by Lithuania's left-wing government to reinstate the diplomas issued by Communist Party colleges during the Soviet era could prove embarrassing to future academic contacts, according to...
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Students drop out in scramble for jobs
Poor graduate job prospects rather than dissatisfaction with universities is the main reason for Germany's alarmingly high student drop-out rate, a government-commissioned report concludes. A report...
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Management-speak for Poland
Polish universities, overgoverned by generations of academics tied to a rigid career structure, should be opened up to professionals with management experience, according to the first Organisation of...
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Thinktank on African slave isle
In 1987, a group of visionary South African intellectuals, business people and exiled African National Congress leaders incensed the government by getting together in Dakar, Senegal, and other West...