A little help to learn Russian in Russia
I agree with Pieta Monks' s analysis (THES, October 21) that a climate of fear and rising costs in Russia, coupled with grant-starved students in Britain, has sadly led to a decline in numbers of...
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Count me out
You listed me as a candidate for the post of chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Coouncil for England (THES, October 21). I clearly told the headhunter who appproached me that I did not...
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Idiomatic error
Pamela King and Angela Barrs (THES, October 14) represent me as a stone-throwing, glass-house dweller because I confused an idiomatic error with a grammatical one in my article (THES, September 30)....
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Lessons from a past perdu
From Kam Patel's interview with John Hopfield (THES, October 21) we learn that his 1982 paper on associative memory "led to an 'explosion' of research in neural computing". Hopfield himself...
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Savoir faire
(Photograph) - Savoir faire: Edith Cresson, the former French socialist prime minister, is the new European commissioner for education, training and research. Mrs Cresson takes over responsibility...
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Blow away oligarchies
John Rear's defence of managerial sensitivity to academic issues is encouraging. As he says, "good management does not exclude collegiality"; it may encourage it, as responsibility for courses in...
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Central European project welcomes Croatia
A bid by Croatia to become a passive member in joint Central European programmes for higher education and research has been given whole-hearted support by the Danube Rectors' Conference. The...
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University of Sierra Leone fails to re-open
The University of Sierra Leone failed to re-open for the new academic year. The government of Captain Valentine Strasser ordered it to remain closed so that much-needed renovations could be carried...
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Violent protests roused by tough cuts
As the new academic year begins in West Africa, some francophone countries are determined to see through unpopular university reforms, repeatedly postponed in the past because of student and staff...
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Leaders of future lean to the right
German students are becoming more conventional and self-interested and are even tending towards right-wing nationalism, according to research commissioned by the federal education ministry. Student...
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Universities on guard for return of quality auditor
For the second year running, Australian universities are being subject to a federal quality audit. At stake is almost $80 million (Pounds 36.4 million) in additional grants. Review teams from the...
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Study line
(Photograph) - Study line: Eurostar, operator of the first channel tunnel services between Paris, Brussels and London, may introduce a student concessionary fare when its full fare structure is...
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Radical college on the ropes
Such is the financial crisis hitting American higher education -- particularly small, liberal arts colleges -- that some are doing the unthinkable, sacking staff, and even abolishing academic tenure...
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Pesticide death toll under microscope
Pesticide use by farmers could be reduced after a Southampton University study of the impact of the chemicals on farmland insects. The Pounds 500,000 project, called Scarab, is being carried out by...