Pioneers weather the storm
A degree course in mobile computing is being launched by Staffordshire University at the same time as the industry is facing global recession. Thousands of jobs have been shed by multinational...
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Greeks wooed by low fares
Despite Crete's climate and an enviable record for publication in international journals - the highest in Greece - the island's university has chronic difficulty in attracting students. Crete's...
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Trying to keep the plates spinning
Multi-tasking Lindsay Taylor strives to keep her balance and save students from themselves in the third in our series from the grass roots. I have a mental picture of my job that closely resembles...
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Why we... believe that 'Jerusalem' is not a nationalistic hymn
As abstruse 18th-century lyrics go, William Blake's "Jerusalem" has staying power. A teacup of controversy was stirred last week when the musical director of Cheadle Parish Church, Martyn Barrow,...
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Two wings are better than one
A single lecturers' union is appealing, says Tom Wilson, but there is a lot more to it than a simple merger. Ask almost any member of the Association of University Teachers and the National...
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A complex challenge
The government will not achieve its ambition to widen access until it overhauls the student-support system, writes Lindsey Fidler. Since 1997, anybody involved in higher education has had it drummed...
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The frosty welcome is part of the package
A group of glaciologists has escaped the British weather for somewhere... colder. In the fourth article on what researchers do in the summer, Bryn Hubbard reports from the Arctic island of...
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Commission wields scissors at red tape
Much needs to be done to make mobility between different European Union countries a reality for researchers, according to a study undertaken for the European Commission. The report, released by the...
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Cutting Edge: Dave Barlow
The development of gene therapies may bring relief to those with cystic fibrosis or Aids and can also give rise to a little wine tasting. Gene therapy has the potential to treat many...
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Royal Society has 'free hand' to run inquiry
The decision to leave the running of the scientific inquiry into foot-and-mouth disease to the Royal Society was welcomed this week despite widespread criticism of the government for ruling out a...
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US fears costs of ruling on cell lines
US scientists fear that President George Bush's decision to limit publicly funded human embryonic stem-cell research to existing cell lines could put universities at the mercy of private suppliers....
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Latest UK news
University admissions off to busiest start ever A quarter of a million higher education places were confirmed within the first few hours after students received their A level...
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Latest international news
British Council abandons Zimbabwe The British Council confirmed it has closed its offices in central Harare, which shut temporarily for security reasons earlier this year. Staff are working from the...
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From today's UK papers
Guardian The writer Gore Vidal yesterday compared the executed Oklahoma bomber Timothy Mcveigh to Paul Revere, the hero of American independence. Times It is time to abandon the AS-level mess and...
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How to be a capitalist and stay fairly civil
Robert Sugden travels the 'third way' with a faithful yet uneasy guide. Anthony Giddens has been one of the most prominent participants in recent debates about the future of social democracy; his...