Plagiarism or pastiche?
The decision by Wolverhampton University to launch an anti-plagiarism campaign is bizarre and not a little brave. Bizarre because everyone knows it is bad to plagiarise -- literally to "kidnap" the...
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Standards geared up
It is encouraging that a profession that has made a vital contribution to Britain's prosperity during this century should be asking itself tough questions about its role and coming up with a sober...
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Small and modular is beautiful
Earlier reports of the death of courses may have been exaggerated, but this time things look serious. A principal of a college in the Midlands was heard to say the other day that he had no courses...
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Students to pay 25% of course
The New Zealand government has cut subsidies to university students which it says will mean tuition fees rise by an average NZ$400 (Pounds 170) per student over the next five years. But critics are...
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Highroad to Amazon recovery
Three years ago the University of Sao Paulo announced that it planned to take over a model mining town on the Equator, and turn it into a research centre for Amazonian studies. The company, ICOMI,...
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Scholarly screw on sporting life
College presidents and athletics directors in the United States voted last week to tighten already tough academic standards for student athletes, disappointing critics who argued that they...
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Islamic university opens in Tatarstan
Tatarstan, an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation, has acquired its first privately funded higher educational institution -- the Muhammadia Islamic University, based in the capital,...
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Lost science jobs lead to standstill
The appointment of France's first scientific council, the Comite d'Orientation Strategique, to advise the government directly on research policy, was marked by 24-hour closures at four major...
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Few tears shed for privatiser
Indian education minister Arjun Singh, who started the process of privatisation of higher education, has quit, creating a political crisis for the ruling Congress party. Few tears are being shed for...
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A credit to the bank
Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
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A hot little sister
Venus
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Genial hosts and unwanted guests
Encyclopaedia of Virology
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Guerrillas in the mists of time
War in the Shadows
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Labour disputes
The History of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Last and first man of vision
While reading this book, I was continually hypnotised -- that is scarcely too strong a word -- by the penetrating gaze from Howard Coster's portrait on the jacket. I found myself trying to bridge the...