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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Academics call for cuts in `quality'
A deep split has emerged between Australia's vice chancellors and the nation's academics over the future of the federal government's Aus$80 million (Pounds 40 million) quality assurance scheme. The...
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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...
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Sex-net student is gaoled
Anyone tempted to pour out their sexual fantasies into the Internet global computer network should beware. They may find themselves investigated, arrested and charged by the FBI. That is what...
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Student leader murdered
The leader of one of Algeria's main student unions was murdered in Algiers last week by suspected Islamic fundamentalists. Abdelhafid Said, who was president of the General Union of Students, became...
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Time the cavalry rode to the rescue
Higher education should take the new Department for Employment consultative paper, A Vision for Higher Level Vocational Qualifications seriously. This will not be easy. The much-postponed publication...
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Character reference in Chinese reforms
Earl Kinmonth (THES, February 3) tries to discredit my views on script reform in China by accusing me of being a decrepit "believer in Mao". Obviously, it is not I but Kinmonth who "seems to be...
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Universities as a focus for dissent
Scott Wilson's lively review of Alan Sinfield's Cultural Politics - Queer Reading, in last week's THES raises a fundamental question about the role of the university. Wilson questions Sinfield's...
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Shoot-out at outlaw university
One dead, at least 20 seriously injured, several beaten and an unspecified number of arrests made up the initial casualty list from the opening of the academic year at the outlawed University of...
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Skewed selection needs rethink
The universities' admissions system is unfair and must be changed say Chris McManus and Peter Richards. Back in 1961 the Universities' Central Council on Admissions was a brilliant idea. Instead of...