The THES Diary
Conference off target A rare chance to quiz the Treasury on future public services funding was dangled before delegates to last week's Institute for Public Policy Research conference in London - and...
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Glittering prizes
Sir Hans Kornberg, professor of biology at Boston University, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of laws from the University of Dundee in recognition of his contribution to the development of...
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On the move
Five reappointments have been made to the Education Funding Council for Wales to ensure the council has stability during its transition to the National Assembly of Wales. Asked in the House of...
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Washington
The United States government has imposed sanctions on three leading Russian higher education institutions accused of supplying nuclear missile technology to Iran. Links with the institutions have...
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Eye witness
Restoration and conservation of works of art is far from an exact science. Last year controversy erupted over plans to restore Michelangelo's sculpture group, Victory, in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio,...
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A place to spot the future
Chris Gamble, first woman director of Chatham House, says the institute will be stronger in the 21st century Foreign secretary Robin Cook has witheringly described Chatham House as "a social forum...
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Universities pull out of national pay board
Industrial relations are in the balance following the withdrawal of five of Australia's biggest universities from their national negotiating arm and the resignation of its chief executive, Russell...
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Nigerian v-cs face end-of-term test
Many Nigerian universities about to appoint vice-chancellors are faced with interpreting a military decree of the late General Abacha, who responded to campus protests against violation of human...
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Immigrant professor in job fight
An attempt by a Canadian university to recruit a French-born philosophy professor with an international track record has been thwarted by immigration rules. Jean-Christophe Merle was selected for a...
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Spanish overtakes rival tongues
Immigration, international economic trends, the end of the cold war and the advent of the internet are causing university and college students in the United States to move away from most European...
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Wordy dissertation to win ancient book
A German antiquarian bookshop is hunting for the longest dissertation submitted to a German university in 1998. The author of the record-breaking work will be rewarded with a 300-year-old...
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Headdress becomes a Turkish election issue
The religious headscarves controversy that has dominated Turkish universities for months has spread to the formation of the new government. Former prime minister and centre-right leader Tansu Ciller...
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French face EU court ruling
The French government could be taken to the European Court of Justice for failing to recognise private health insurance policies taken out in other European Union member states by students who are...
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Law students practise in Ukraine free advice clinic
Law students in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk are gaining practical experience and helping the poor in the country's first free legal aid scheme. Members of the Youth Centre for Legal Studies, an...
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Walking the dog
(Photograph) - Walking the dog: students from a Student Community Action Project at the University of Plymouth walk dogs for elderly people, those who are housebound and people who go to work. The...