Coming on strong
China leads the pack of developing nations aiming for academic and economic growth. Phil Baty writes China has emerged as the strongest nation in the inaugural Times Higher Education BRICS &...
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Punching below their weight
For most nations, rankings performances do not reflect their economic strength, writes Phil Baty All 22 countries considered for analysis in the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies...
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Evidence links BSE to humans
Researchers at Imperial College, London this week revealed the first direct evidence appearing to show that mad cows disease has been transmitted to humans. The study, carried out by a team led by...
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V-cs wary of central control
Vice chancellors fear that the creation of a single qualifications authority, heralded in this week's Queen's Speech, could give ministers the power to approve some higher education awards. Plans to...
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Federal farewell
Britain should preserve its free trade status in Europe but cut loose from the tentacles of political union, argues Patrick Minford. John Major went to war with Europe over our cows. With him marched...
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Don's Diary
Saturday The entire team has arrived now. Very odd for a Scot who has lived most of his adult life among the English to be surrounded in this distant Bedouin village in Jordan by so many unrestrained...
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Major medicine
The British dental and medical associations are supporting vice chancellors' campaign for government cash to plug the Pounds 4.8 million pay gap for medical academics. The government has refused a...
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Anyone but Ludwig
Aberdeen University's series of free lunchtime musical recitals took an intriguing turn this week with cellist Alan Brodie, flautist Tim Dale, and pianist Peter Shand presenting a programme entitled...
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Student vote
The National Union of Students Scotland has launched a voter registration campaign aimed at 300,000 students. The union is sending out 50,000 postcard electoral registration forms, and printing...
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One, two, three - Foresight
Foresight has sent a message across the world that the UK has an outstandingly innovative science base, says William Stewart. It is almost three years since the Government launched its Technology...
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Students who can't cut the umbilical cord
Walking on to campus last April, I found the place covered with posters produced by the student counselling service, Nightline. They carried a picture of Frankenstein with the slogan: Revision Time?...
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Deakin lays off 40 staff in first wave
THE FIRST round of university staff cuts began in Australia last week when Deakin University in Victoria shed 40 academics. A total of 170 academics and general staff at Deakin will lose their jobs...
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Applicants dry up in face of fees
APPLICATIONS to Victorian universities have fallen sharply for the second year in a row, prompting fears that the recent hike in tuition charges by the federal government has exacerbated a trend...
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Shake-up soon for Latvia
The University of Latvia faces a shakeup following a report from the United States-based Mellon Foundation which found it in a state of "stagnation". This conclusion, according to minister of state...