The fellow who traded archives for red boxes
John Redwood tells Martyn Kelly why he decided not to become a historian. In 1976 a young historian wrote about the effect of the age of Enlightenment on the political and religious establishment of...
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Dissident tells of academic repression
A former Nigerian foreign minister and academic this week accused the military regime of General Sani Abacha of punishing the country's universities to prevent them becoming the focus of dissent....
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Governors exclude staff and students
Funding chiefs are to investigate the extent of the "democratic deficit" in the governing bodies following a survey finding that some institutions have excluded staff and students from their...
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Funding merger warning
Rumours of the possible merger of the higher and further education funding councils have set alarm bells ringing in both the college and university sectors. Ruth Gee, chief executive of the...
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Three forms
(Photograph) - Three forms: Plymouth University student Alison Crews admires a bronze by Dame Barbara Hepworth, unveiled earlier this month to mark the opening of the university's latest building...
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All the president's men out in force
Northern Ireland's two universities were preparing to heave a monumental sigh of relief today as President Bill Clinton was due to leave the province after his historic visit. The president and his...
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EC eyes mobility
The European Commission has urged member states' higher education institutions to boost student mobility independently of exch-ange schemes backed by Brussels. In a paper on key challenges facing...
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Internet News
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertisements, appear on THESIS on the Tuesday before publication Conscious...
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Dual blow to research base
The science budget is to be cut by well over Pounds 50 million in real terms in the next three years. This, combined with cuts in higher education funding generally, could seriously damage university...
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Good fellows
The Golden Triangle has dominated the British Academy's newly-established fellowship scheme designed to support collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Half the 16 institutional fellowships...
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Gene genie
Geneticists agree they have taken a risk by releasing a long genetic sequence, thought to contain a gene that can make people susceptible to breast cancer, onto the Internet. The scientists, from the...
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Harvard holds on
Harvard University still holds a patent for any animal genetically engineered to develop cancer after an appeal against its patent broke up without conclusion last week. Some anti-patent campaigners...
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Union split
The split between further and higher education trade unions continued to jeopardise hopes of a joint pay claim next year. In a stinging letter Association of University Teachers assistant general...
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Salford raids savings
Salford University chiefs are salvaging a tarnished commercial image by raiding money reserved for academic expenses like personal computers and foreign conferences to save a once-profitable...
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Living in the fast lane
Julius Tomin ended a seven-day fast in Oxford on Monday with a bowl of chicken broth. "This was the best hunger strike of my life. Not eating for a week renewed my strength," he said. Czech dissident...