Students stub out tobacco investment
Universities will face renewed pressure to sell shares in tobacco companies following the success of a student campaign to persuade Edinburgh University to disinvest in the industry. Edinburgh's...
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John Schellnhuber: 'We're investing too much in things like improving weather forecasts'
John Schellnhuber, climate specialist, has warned of a potentially rapid change in environmental conditions. When the Queen made her unprecedented call for action on climate change at last week's...
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On the move...
Lynn Parker , former assistant principal of Hull College, has been appointed director of educational partnerships at Teesside University. Oxford University has appointed the following: Stewart Purvis...
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Postgrad boom for ex-polys
Overseas demand has driven a 245 per cent increase in numbers. Claire Sanders reports. New universities have seen an explosion in their postgraduate numbers in the past seven years, according to an...
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Move over Pop Idol...
Scientists will have the chance to burst out of their laboratories and into the spotlight when the research equivalent of Pop Idol hits the streets next year. FameLab , the brainchild of the...
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Animal rights ruling for Oxford
Oxford University has secured a landmark High Court ruling protecting its staff and contractors from intimidation by animal rights activists, writes Anna Fazackerley. An injunction granted on...
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Class warrior or softly-softly negotiator?
Is Sir Martin Harris a class warrior or a conciliator? This is a question that all universities are mulling over: whether the new access czar will strong-arm institutions into accepting more working-...
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Offa chief gives tentative nod to post-qualification entry
Universities could "reserve" up to a tenth of their places until A-level results are published to give students who underestimate their grades the chance to apply for popular courses, the new access...
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London Met set to lay off staff
London Metropolitan University has begun laying off lecturers as a result of its long-standing dispute with lecturers' union Natfhe over a new contract for staff. The move comes despite a letter to...
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University rankings cause a global stir
The first World University Rankings, published in The Times Higher last week, generated widespread interest across the globe. Thousands of overseas readers accessed the tables online ( www.thes.co.uk...
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Hefce probes choices
New research into why some well-qualified teenagers decide not to enter higher education has been commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Hefce has commissioned Stephen...
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'Derrida may deserve some credit for trying, but less for succeeding'
Three philosophers kick off a five-page look at Derrida's legacy with thoughts on how he transformed the customs and practices of a discipline. I am ambivalent about not having been in Cambridge...
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'A luminous critical and synthetic intelligence'
Three philosophers kick off a five-page look at Derrida's legacy with thoughts on how he transformed the customs and practices of a discipline A vital measure of the influence of a thinker on a...
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Is insurrection the road to resurrection?
French cafes used to buzz with the sound of heated debate, yet many of today's travailleurs intellectuels feel they are being given the cold shoulder. Three philosophers kick off a five-page look at...
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Reflections on panache and possibility that get lost in translation
As a translator, it is hard to capture Derrida's idiom because the language he writes in is intrinsic to his meaning. Three philosophers kick off a five-page look at Derrida's legacy with thoughts on...