Beards are back, but no Che
On Moroccan campuses, revolutionary ideals have been supplanted by Islamic fundamentalism, says Hassan Bouzidi. In the heyday of the Union Nationale des Etudiants du Maroc, the beard was worn as a...
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World watch
Paris High salaries and job security are no longer what future managers demand most from their careers, a survey of European management students reveals. Carried out among almost 1,500 students at 11...
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Latest UK news
Scots students step up anti-fees campaign NUS Scotland is stepping up its campaign to ensure that fees are scrapped and grants returned for UK students in Scotland and Scottish students in...
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Latest international news
Funds halted after Johns Hopkins death Federally financed medical studies on human subjects at the Johns Hopkins University have been halted by the United States Department of Health and Human...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Leicester University and the British Geological Survey have discovered the oldest known crustacean fossils in Shropshire. Guardian The confidence of school leavers from the girl power...
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Grants revive mature interest
Mature students are returning to full-time study following the reintroduction of grants for them. The number of British people aged 21 and above who have applied for full-time courses is up 4.7 per...
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Next week
NEWS AS levels - a headache for universities FEATURES How did the universe begin? Sir Martin Rees tackles one of science's eternal questions BOOKS Which mattered more in the empire - race or rank?...
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For the record
Art school merger goes back to drawing board Governors of Wimbledon School of Art have thrown out any immediate plans for merger with the Chelsea School of Art, part of the London Institute. The...
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Expert calls for return of grants
Maintenance grants can and should be part of a system of student support designed to widen participation, a leading economist has said. Nicholas Barr, economics reader at the London School of...
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Gender gap in pay widening, says AUT
Vice-chancellors will be grilled over the pay gap between male and female academics, which is still growing, a report for the Association of University Teachers has found. David Triesman, AUT general...
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Recovery plan cuts out South Bank staff
South Bank University has announced a raft of compulsory redundancies as part of a recovery plan that it is implementing on the orders of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Up to 17...
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Watchdog's eye may turn to institutional red tape
Higher education's regulatory burdens could soon be examined by red-tape watchdogs, it emerged this week, writes Alan Thomson. The Better Regulation Task Force, an independent body set up by the...
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Analysis: Frugal few fly as others fall
Is your university in surplus or in deficit? Alison Goddard and Claire Sanders conclude a two-part study of the wealth of UK institutions. The full league tables are on our website: www.thes.co.uk A...
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Whistleblowers
Legal action halts inquiry The inquiry into the forced ejection of an international scholar at Oxford University has been in effect blocked by action in the High Court. After investigations by The...
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Ali G makes race a laughing matter, innit
Race is the new sex and we have comedian Ali G, the "gangsta rapper" from Staines, to thank, says a Leeds University academic. Richard Howells, a lecturer in communication studies, will this week...