Exams before militancy
Hong Kong's destiny may be setting in cement but most university students in the territory are less inclined than ever to leave their footprints on the path of Hong Kong's history. While China was...
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Students make desert tracks
A train service is crossing the Negev desert for the first time in 13 years thanks to students at Ben Gurion University. The service, from Beersheba to Tel Aviv, was abandoned by Israeli Railways in...
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Vintage year for creme
The creme de la creme of France's grandes ecoles appears to be of an even higher standard today than in the 1950s, which was a vintage decade for the production of the nation's elite. This is the...
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Flywheel puts extra energy into the future of urban driving
The efficiency of passenger cars could be improved dramatically by research at Newcastle University aimed at developing "hybrid" vehicles powered by a flywheel in addition to a conventional engine....
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Flights of fancy
Edinburgh University principal Sir Stewart Sutherland, first speaker at the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals' annual forum, was charged with informing delegates about the fire exits...
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Jobs axe to fall in Scotland
Scottish higher education institutions are facing the loss of more than 1,100 jobs, half of them academic, if the Government goes ahead with its funding cuts for the next three years. John Arbuthnott...
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Universities' critical role in stable society
The London conference on challenges to the Dearing committee (THES, June 21), reflected in part some received and dangerously unquestioned assumptions about higher education. Discussion focused on...
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Yugoslavia counts cost of sanctions
Sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia by the United Nations have had a devastating effect on its higher education. International links are all but severed, and apart from immediate material constraints,...
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Of all the projects in all the world . . . video gets Pounds 2m
Interactive television, video megastores for home shoppers and the creation of 3D models from film and video that could place the user in Rick's Bar in Casablanca are among the areas to be explored...
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Students foot bill
Efficiency gains imposed by the Government on teacher training courses mean travel and equipment costs are being passed on to students, MPs were told this week. The extra costs could become a barrier...
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Mortar attack on the chalkface
When teacher training is used as a political football you know the election season is on. No political party can afford to blame parents for lack of discipline in schools or for poor literacy skills...
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Michelin guide to standards
J. R. Shackleton (THES, June 21) states that "restaurants are awarded Michelin stars". Michelin awards the stars following a series of unannounced visits to the restaurants. The inspectors only...
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Commonwealth fails to lure ODA cash
Ministers have rejected pressure to restore spending on a scholarship programme for Commonwealth postgraduate students in Britain despite a strong call from a powerful committee of MPs. In its...
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Musical chairs
So much for stories that the Labour leadership is hell-bent on finding Tory defector Alan Howarth a safe seat. While the Wythenshawe nomination for which he is bidding promises an easy return at the...