Do the work, you're due a reward
In the third of our series on intellectual property issues, Danny Quah tells Alison Goddard how the profit motive can drive innovation. Hard-nosed commercialism is no bad thing in universities, says...
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Stalin's greatest secret
Five years in a gulag camp gave Roman Brackman a reason to find out what motivated Russia's ruthless dictator to ruin so many lives I have spent many years searching for the "real" Stalin - for the...
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Stirred into action by political apathy
What led to protesters attacking Starbucks and setting light to cars? A loss of faith in democracy, says Noreena Hertz. Mandy Garner reports. Noreena Hertz has always been precocious. At three years...
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Wake up and smell the (fair trade) coffee, Mr President
Globalisation has much to offer our society, argues Grazia Ietto-Gillies, but it requires responsible governance if we are to reverse the trends of third-world exploitation and environmental damage...
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Latest UK news
Poor pay threatens UK science PhD stipends at £9,000 are far too low, while pay and conditions for postdoctoral scientists are so bad they threaten the United Kingdom’s science base, according to a...
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Latest international news
Medical schools branded exclusive Ontario's medical schools have been labelled ghettos for the rich after a survey at the University of Western Ontario showed that the family incomes of students&...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Myriad Genetics, Oracle and Hitachi have formed an alliance to map all the proteins in the human body in less than three years - a task that was expected to take decades. Researchers...
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Latest international news
Chilean ministry accused of funding bungle Accusations that the education ministry is mishandling the allocation of funding to private universities were denied by the Chilean government...
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Latest UK news
Luton graduates are more employable Luton University produces more employable graduates than the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, according to employment indicators published today. Every home-...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Most students find work quickly after leaving university regardless of where they study, but black and Asian graduates still face discrimination from employers, according to an official...
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MIT learning materials to be free on web
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced that it is placing virtually all its course content online. Lecture notes, reading lists, assignments and course outlines will all be available...
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Latest international news
UN envoy to visit jailed Burma leader A Brazilian politics professor is expected to see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, under arrest since September, in the first visit by a United...
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Latest UK news
Memorial held for train crash victim A memorial service was taking place today at the University of Teesside for Steve Baldwin, the clinical psychology professor who died in the Selby train crash....
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian The Victoria and Albert Museum has been given six months to justify its existence to an increasingly apathetic public who do not seem to know what it is for. United Kingdom students will...
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Latest international news
European convergence in sector 'unstoppable' The move towards European convergence in higher education is virtually unstoppable, delegates to Salamanca 2001, the Convention of European...