Frontline states look for brains trust
South Africa's neighbours are hoping the country's transformation will revitalise higher education throughout the region, but also fear the build-up of a new, regional brain drain to its better...
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A case of kicking over those French traces
Events involving Eric Cantona in the past few weeks have encouraged considerable discussion in common rooms and even in classrooms. Is it possible to teach a course on French culture without the...
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Semester pessimists
I feel compelled to challenge the indiscriminate criticism of semesters expressed by Jennifer Craven-Griffiths (THES, February 24). The problems which she associates with semesters, and by extension...
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Crime-busters take care
The articles on genetics and crime by Adrian Raine, Krebs and Kacelnik, and Michael Rutter (THES, February 10) give an excellent picture, while the comments by other contributors add interesting...
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Inquiry backs course fees for postgraduates
Australia's universities are expected to earn more than Aus$150 million (Pounds 75 million) this year by charging postgraduate students course fees. Since 1989, when universities were allowed to set...
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Crumbling the daily bread
In "Grant us our daily bread" (THES, January ) Paul Morris, a student at the University of Central England, survives the year on a full student grant alone. I do not wish to enter into a political...
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Library service appeal
Librarians from a group of British universities, which together produce a significant proportion of the total national output of research theses/dissertations, would like to invite comment on...
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Artificial flowers
On reading the new journal Organisation it is evidentt the editors clearly recognise "the artificial or constructed functionality of academic institutions and of the 'disciplines' which they sponsor...
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Rise of Anglo-Chinese
In this part of the world, it is commonplace to argue that English is important to the Chinese because of its usefulness in trade and finance. Anyone who is bilingual in Chinese and English can...
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Imagine a world without bra warmers
He tucks into wild pigeon, he dictates notes to his secretary by clinging to a wall and speaking through a window instead of simply walking round to her office, he lies in a bath like Archimedes in...
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Magic markers
Marking by computer is proving a boon to academic staff. John Davies reports Essential equipment if you are studying subjects such as chemistry or biochemical sciences at Kingston University: a 2B...
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Student knifing fuels race fears
Police were this week playing down reports that the fatal stabbing of a London student was racially motivated, for fear of heightening factional tension on campus. A Nigerian student, Ayotunde...
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Subjective judgement in the ranks
Academic league tables in Russia have proved too hot for the state to handle, Nick Holdsworth reports. University league tables in Russia have proven to be as hot a political potato for ministry...