Russians count brains drained
Russia's counter-intelligence service is monitoring the extent of the academic brain drain just as the Academy of Sciences is pleading with government to recognise its financial crisis. The lack of...
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Try to see it my way
Elona Kibler believes that the new animosity between blacks and Jews can be attributed partly to the way in which American Jewry has changed. Where once Jews were seen as an oppressed minority - like...
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Nationalism's healthy state
"Ten years ago, everyone wanted to study Marxism. Today, it is nationalism and ethnicity." So said Brendan O'Leary, lecturer at the London School of Economics, at the fifth annual conference of the...
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Supercrete to rule world
A world of half-mile high skyscrapers has come closer with the development of a new super concrete at Dundee University. "Nothing can touch this material. It has amazing properties," said Rod Jones...
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Trail of martyr's remains goes cold
Home Office delays are preventing the final chapter being written in an archaeological quest to recover the head of Yagan, an assassinated Aboriginal leader. Southampton University postgraduate...
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Fee move hits asylum seekers
The Government has been criticised for closing a loophole over course fees for overseas students without offering protection from the full cost for asylum seekers. Tim Boswell, further and higher...
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Presidents divided by quality bid
An effort to reform quality control in United States colleges and universities is running into such stiff opposition that it may be ditched if a consensus cannot be reached. Some university...
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When welcome meant wait
To receive a letter saying "Welcome to Cornell" and "We are delighted to welcome you to the university", would tend to give the impression you had gained admittance, writes Lucy Hodges. Elizabeth...
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Yale gift continues trend to restricted donations
American millionaires who donate large sums of money to their alma maters are increasingly doing so with strings attached. So the decision of Texas billionaire Lee Bass to give $20 million (Pounds 13...
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Mandela slams `reverse racism'
Nelson Mandela has accused vice chancellors at historically white South African universities of "racism in reverse" for allowing unruly black students to disrupt campuses. His comments came as a...
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Australia competes on quality
Quality monitoring processes in Australia's public universities have improved markedly over the past 12 months, according to the government's quality audit committee. In its second report since 1993...
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Ward doing right thing for teachers
Comments, (THES, March 17), about Roger Ward, chief executive of the Colleges Employers Forum, ignored the fact that he has struck hard-won deals on flexible contracts and pay with ACM, ATL and...
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Students end strike in Brittany
A five-week strike by students aimed at highlighting their harsh financial circumstances has ended at Rennes 2 University in Brittany. The students were demanding the withdrawal of government reform...
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We must use the technology
Foresight panels had a rocky start but should now carry on.Ben Gill explains. The 1993 White Paper Realising Our Potential highlighted the need to make wealth creation the major driver in...
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