Utrecht University has been forced to investigate the way a social sciences lecturer discussed a controversial race theory with students, after it had initially concluded he had acted properly. In a...
A New Zealand lecturers' union has called for individual scores in the country's version of the research assessment exercise to remain confidential, fearing that they will be used to determine...
A Canadian provincial premier has caused uproar by suggesting that the legal drinking age should be reduced to help cut the number of students who leave to study elsewhere in the country. Lorne...
This week's outline for the next research assessment exercise steers a careful course between the universities' demands for less bureaucracy and ministers' insistence on a system that continues to...
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...