Secret society that invites the tourists for tea
Michael North explores the hoo-ha around the controversial Catholic group Opus Dei and how it operates on campuses Peter Brown is annoyed. He feels he has been stitched up by a national newspaper...
Michael North explores the hoo-ha around the controversial Catholic group Opus Dei and how it operates on campuses Peter Brown is annoyed. He feels he has been stitched up by a national newspaper...
One of Italy's best-known sociologists, Francesco Alberoni, has announced his resignation as rector of an independent university in Milan in protest against "practices that I consider corrupt,...
Alison Goddard and Caroline Davis look at dual support reforms Government plans to make universities responsible for recovering the full economic costs of research have come under fire from many...
Paris, June 2002 Comets are suddenly in vogue in space research. ESA is getting ready to send its comet chaser Rosetta in January 2003 to rendezvous with Comet Wirtanen and study it in immense detail...
Peacemonger
Indian university lecturers have rejected a salaries and promotions package - the first for 12 years - as "deceptive" and an "insult". They say that the proposal ignores the rise in the cost of urban...
Employer demand for graduates rises Employers' skills demands are rising quickly, according to a survey commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills from the ESRC Research Centre on Skills...
A Country Unmasked
An Indian Village through Letters and Pictures
Degrees boost earning power A university degree can boost earning power by up to £15,000 a year, figures from the Careers Services Unit reveal. ( Guardian, Independent ) Degree of uncertainty The...
Disabled academic Robert Giddings was "inexcusably" bullied and harassed throughout his career at Bournemouth University. But he is not entitled to compensation, and there was no discrimination...
Bertrand Tavernier
Lille, le 15 octobre 2002 Madame la Ministre, Mesdames et Messieurs, Pour un commissaire européen à la recherche, c'est une occasion rêvée de pouvoir s'adresser à une assemblée si diversifiée d'...
'Back to Japan for more engagements and a lecture on Saturday. Monday: back to the UK for funding council meetings and then off to Poland for two lectures. Today, Wednesday, is the first time I have...
Campaigning Cambridge University lecturer Gill Evans has said she will return to the High Court after failing to win a chair in this year's round of promotions after 18 years at the university. She...