Suicides throw spotlight on cults
Turkish universities are looking for signs of satanic cults spreading among students. The religious affairs directorate is distributing a manual, written by Ahmet Guc, professor of theology at Uludag...
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Warning to 'elitist' school
France's elite school for training top civil servants, senior diplomats and industrial leaders has survived an attempt by rightwing MPs to close it, only to face reform next spring. The Ecole...
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UK must make itself a linchpin in EU Framework
The government's new discussion paper on higher education is cautious about the connection between research and economic success. The links are often tenuous, but nobody can doubt the academic roots...
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Get behind the wheel of the global economy
Helping tertiary education in developing countries can benefit everyone, say Jamil Salmi and Jozef Ritzen In a global economy that becomes faster and more powerful every year, education can transform...
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Last-minute discussion is a gamble for Clarke
There is a temptation to mock an invitation to respond to 77 often fundamental questions about higher education only a week ahead of the date when the government was to have published its strategy....
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Harry Kroto
A fascination with puzzles developed into an intellectual quest that led from the breathtaking revelations of spectroscopy into organic chemistry and quantum mechanics I sometimes wonder how I ended...
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Don's diary: Bog standards in Seoul and London
Wednesday Arrive at World Toilet Summit in Seoul, South Korea, after airport delays caused by typhoon winds. Greet Koo Ue, director of the Japan Toilet Association, who pioneered the Asian "restroom...
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All I ban for Christmas...
The British Medical Journal has launched an appeal to ban a word for Christmas. It states: "Trying to ban a word is not only hopeless but also an insult. Worse still, it has totalitarian overtones....
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Might the Iron Lady rust?
The University of Buckingham, Britain's only private university, is trying to raise its proportion of home students. Some think the reason that only 25 per cent of the student body is British is that...
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Carbon copies with high Fidel-ity
Have the Boys from Brazil moved north to Cuba? According to the programme for next week's biotechnology conference in Havana, one name will dominate the session on cloning. This Cuban features on a...
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THES table sparks Bain pay row
The THES 's league table of vice-chancellors' salaries has been embroiled in a row over Sir George Bain's pay. A Belfast newspaper reported allegations by the Fire Brigades Union that Sir George,...
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Team Bath's dream ends
The dream is over for Team Bath, who were knocked out of the FA Cup last weekend. The University of Bath side came from 4-0 down to lose 4-2 to Mansfield Town.
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Why I ... think Harvard University should stand up to Tom Paulin
The decision by Harvard University's English department to cancel a November 14 reading by Tom Paulin came suddenly and was reversed as suddenly. Apparently no one at Harvard knew about his remarks...
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Put £4K where your mouth is
V-cs need to get involved in the battle for increased London weighting, argues Sally Hunt Last week, thousands of staff from London's universities went on strike in support of their claim for a...
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Remaking the grade
Plans to abandon classification of degrees should not be rushed through, warns Mantz Yorke The honours degree classification tries to do two things simultaneously - to attest to students'...