Dear Ministers, As this is written, voters have yet to go to the polls. When it is read, we will know their verdict. Today and in the next few days, you will be taking up (or returning to) your...
Tony Blair might hold sway in his cabinet, but in the global arena he is more than a cigar short of a Churchill, argues Richard Rose. The paradox of power is simply stated: at Westminster, the prime...
Travel is redundant, anti-globalisation protests are mounting and academia is ruled by 'shallow' gurus. Chris Bunting looks forward to 2010 with 'Europe's leading futurist' Patrick Dixon. Patrick...
Stephen Bending surveys how writings on agriculture reflect broader human concerns. "Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the...
Andy Brown relates the hellish falout of foot-and-mouth. It began one regular Saturday morning, our two-year-old strapped safely into her car seat, watching the familiar landscape fly past. The start...
Police probe immigration fraud at Derby Police are investigating a suspected bogus student immigration racket after reported attempts to obtain university places for Chinese students with fake...
Palestinian students hurt in roadblock clash Thirteen Palestinian students were reported injured in clashes with Israeli police on Wednesday during a protest against a roadblock near Ramallah that...
Financial Times Top universities are urging students to take the new AS-level exams to show that they are not limited to the traditional model of three A-levels in the arts, sciences or languages....
Haifa appoints German non-Jew chairman A German non-Jew has been appointed Haifa University's chairman of governors despite opposition from some members of the senate. Manfred Lanstein is president...
Blair defends tuition fees Tony Blair today defended his government’s decision to introduce tuition fees and abolish means-tested maintenance grants. Speaking on Radio 4’s Election Call he said that...
Financial Times The new Learning and Skills Councils will be dominated by educationalists and other "vested interests" unless business is given more influence, business leaders have told the...
Lib Dems push to scrap fees in Wales Welsh Liberal Democrats hope to repeat the party’s success in scrapping upfront tuition fees in Scotland by lobbying the next government to abolish them in Wales...
Financial Times Students preparing for exams or celebrating their end are uninterested in voting. Research at Cranfield University, the University of the West of England and the Defence Evaluation...
Man defamed by university wins $1m A former student who claimed that Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington State, had spoiled his hope of a teaching career by telling state officials...
Enrolment ban lifted by Turkish court A Turkish court has lifted a ban on enrolments at the private Fatih University in Istanbul. It had been imposed by the higher...