Tories back voucher scheme
Last year a group of academics, businessmen, researchers, policy wonks and Members of Parliament met over several months under the auspices of the Conservative Political Centre to consider the future...
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Points of reference on the jobs map
It is not only for refereeing purposes that the members of the Russell Group are trying to flex their muscles; during an unsuccessful attempt last year to headhunt me to a larger institution in time...
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Points of reference on the jobs map
The practice described by Martin Hollis (requesting references to accompany applications rather than following shortlisting) is already not uncommon. I have been asked to follow this procedure by...
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Alone among the stars
According to every history of modern science, the past 400 years show we have a great deal to be modest about. Earth is no longer the centre of the universe, the star we orbit is pretty average, and...
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Wisdom in languages
Jim Coleman is right to call for nationally agreed standards for languages (page 4). Britain, traditionally excelling in linguistic incompetence, is now experiencing huge demand from students and...
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Break the deadlock
Edvard Munch's The Scream might be the logo of universities and colleges: the horrified, silent scream of those who see destruction and cannot make the world hear. What does it take to win...
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The right recipe for a melting pot
As societies have become less stable in the last quarter of the 20th century, education has become a main target for reform. Blamed for indiscipline, national economic underperformance and reduced...
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Language teachers talk tough
Foreign language teachers in Italy's state universities are in uproar over a proposed national employment contract which they consider humiliating and discriminatory. The nationwide protest by about...
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Hooray Heinrichs set up fascist-free club
Germany's archaic men-only student fraternities, with a reputation for fencing, drinking and extremist rightwing views, are under attack from within their own ranks. Eight of the country's 100...
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Research drain damages economy
Steps have to be taken to stem the exodus of industrial research in the wake of huge foreign investment, according to officials from German industry and higher education. Hans-Olaf Henkel, the...
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Papua murder fuels crisis
The murder of two academics and two students in separate incidents at the University of Papua New Guinea over the past year has created a sense of crisis as students return to their studies for the...
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Election dilemma for Australian academics
The decision by Australian prime minister Paul Keating to call an election on March 2 has created a painful dilemma for the nation's 80,000 academics and general staff, writes Geoff Maslen. They were...
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California regents' row may be copied
University of California president Richard Atkinson last month pushed the issue of affirmative action to the brink of open warfare with his own board of regents. A highly public squabble over his...
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NZ polys safeguard status of degrees
New Zealand polytechnics are planning to set up their own national university to ensure the status of their degrees. The Association of Polytechnics is proposing a university specifically to award...
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Blood test can detect mania
Until recently a doctor faced with a new psychiatric patient would have found it impossible to distinguish between the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia and manic depression and would have had to...