Higher education is valued on one side of the Irish Sea and underappreciated on the other, says Garret FitzGerald From an Irish point of view, the controversy over variable fees has highlighted some...
The Conservative Party promises more cash for students at no extra cost to taxpayers ... Watch out! Is that a flying pig? University admissions tests for critical thinking or aptitude are cropping up...
Monday 6.30am: Met in Mexico City by local minders assigned by the publishing house to keep me on time for my trial by media on the subject of Porfirio Díaz. My book on Mexico's longest-serving...
In a desperate attempt to boost turnout at this week's ballot for industrial action, the Association of University Teachers has been trumpeting a "new study" of vice-chancellors' pay - based on The...
The princess royal this week visited the Open University in Milton Keynes and met Colin Pillinger, head of planetary and space sciences and the mastermind behind the Mars probe Beagle 2 . Observers...
Higher education is to be represented at the queen's "girl power" lunch next month by Bernie Porter, rector of Roehampton University of Surrey. Porter will join some 200 celebrated women from the...
What is education? Doug Peterson, associate professor of psychology at the University of South Dakota, has offered a new perspective to the Annals of Improbable Research . He said: "I start my...
Five years ago this month, Jack Straw, who was then home secretary, announced the findings of the Lawrence inquiry - a "watershed" in policing - to an expectant Parliament. Last week, Straw, now...
Susan Greenfield's defenders and critics alike do a disservice to her and science, says Vivienne Parry Last week, in a mind-boggling display of playground petulance, various fellows of the Royal...
The moral core of universities, like that of the BBC, is still alive but requires nurturing to regain strength, says Fred Inglis The intellectual life of our country is in the hands of the...
Young girls should not be encouraged to go into science until universities can provide a proper career structure for female scientists, a debate at Oxford University heard last week. Panellists...
A Cardiff University professor is facing dismissal after she agreed to represent her PhD protégé in his race discrimination case against her employer. Patricia Fosh, a professor in the university's...
London, 12 February 2004 Nine companies involved in the supply of laboratory equipment, glassware and chemicals have ended anti-competitive market-sharing arrangements. The companies, which formed a...
Strasbourg, 12 February 2004 Verbatim report of proceedings on 12 February, Part A Question no 66 by Patricia McKenna (H-0012/04) Subject: GMOs and the WTO The USA, Canada and Argentina have decided...
Brussels, 12 Feb 2004 Full text of Document 6160/04 Suite of documents 6160/04 Subject: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on setting standards of quality and...