Leeson gamble
As sweltering graduation ceremonies come to their sweaty end across sun-baked Britain, Antithesis hopes to highlight those heart-warming Alumni To Be Proud Of in forthcoming weeks. Case in point...
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Alexei Sayle judges the Thames Valley University and Trotman and Company Ltd national video competition
(Photograph) - Celebrity stare: Alexei Sayle, one of the judges in the Thames Valley University and Trotman and Company Ltd national video competition for schools, colleges and universities earlier...
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Twin victory against racism
When Bernard Shapiro publicly assumed his role as principal of McGill, Canada's most prestigious university, it was hailed as a remarkable personal feat. Joining the celebratory throng was Shapiro's...
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Bully boy's bunkum
I had hoped that Bill Clinton's election to the United States presidency in 1992 would bring an end to the seemingly interminable culture wars ("the crisis of history", "the battle of the books and...
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California vote may jeopardise funding:University of California
The United States government has said that last week's decision by the University of California to abolish race-based admissions may cost the university - one of America's largest and most...
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Transfer warning
The "frenzied" transfer of top academics in the build-up to the research assessment exercise could backfire on universities, the Higher Education Funding Council for England has warned. Panels will...
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Spirit of the Dock
(Photograph) - Spirit of the Dock: A passer-by admires Maggie Gregory's sculpture, part of a joint University of East London and London Docklands Development Corporation exhibition called 'Sculpture...
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Student returns
Child prodigy Adam Dent is to return to Oxford after the Director of Public Prosecutions decided he will face no charges arising from claims against him by a female student. Chemistry student Mr Dent...
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Imperial appoints medical principal
Imperial College is reversing London's medical brain drain with the appointment of Christopher Edwards, dean of Edinburgh University's faculty of medicine, as principal of its new medical school. The...
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Suicides linked to poverty
Bristol University research into suicide and attempted suicide supports the importance of social policy measures in improving mental health. Researchers in the department of social medicine examined...
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Exclusion zone fears
There are a good many serious threats to academic freedom in this country, but the tyranny of "theory" is not one of them. If "theory" is about anything it is about opening up spaces for those who...
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Desert left to air
The THES expedition to Biosphere 2, the ecology centre in the Arizona desert built to perform experiments hermetically sealed off from the rest of the Earth (Biosphere 1), has revealed the secret of...
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Easter eggnog
Swansea University psychologists Steve Glautier and John Bankart clearly have a pretty good grasp of the principles of their subject as applied to students. Swansea noticeboards have been emblazoned...
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No Cant do
Further evidence for those who allege that economics can find a plausible if not always terribly helpful solution to any problem. Having scheduled Andy Dickerson of Kent University to deliver two...
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Four star fuel
Academics at Ulster University have clearly had more experience of financial calculations than their colleagues at Queen's. The Queen's delegates, who had paid the day rate for the SRHE conference in...