Marxism is not dead
John Ashworth and Helena Cronin (THES, October 18) assert that so called "Marxist political systems" across the world have been repudiated following the dissolution of the USSR and that, along with...
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The folly of the ivy?
As four British universities prepare to join an international network, Simon Midgley and Geoff Maslen examine university links and the feasibility of a world super league of institutions. Education...
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Magazines satisfy a national obsession
Officially all German universities are equal. A key principle of the egalitarian, anti-elitist, federal state is that students have equal opportunities whether they study in Konstanz in the south or...
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Ideology ends official quest for quality picture
The ELECTION of a conservative government in Australia last March saw the end of the only official system of ranking universities, writes Geoff Maslen. The former Labor government introduced annual...
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Grapevine guide to a spread of excellence
Italy has no independent organisation for evaluating universities in terms of standards and productivity. What is known about universities and single departments is the result of direct knowledge,...
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All colleges great and small know their place
LATE last month, the University of California at Davis, a 24,000-student campus which made its name fostering the California wine industry, got an unusual offer. The president of the Association of...
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Superbug battle zone
Scientists are uniting in the war against drug-defying superbugs by setting up a multi-disciplinary centre dedicated to the fight. Concern is mounting worldwide over the resurgence of diseases like...
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Milk of human delusions
Schizophrenics who are taught to put their delusions to the test go on to make speedier recoveries from acute psychosis than patients receiving more established therapies, according to a study co-...
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Scientists urged to leave labs in hunt for mates
Evolutionary psychologists know that we are all instinctively drawn to people with good looks. But they still have to explain how we sift through the available population to find a spouse, according...
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Collider slides off course
The future of the Large Hadron Collider, the giant particle physics laboratory being built at Cern in Geneva, hung in the balance yesterday. Germany's recent non-negotiable demand for a cut of 8.5...
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Ancient waterworld
The remains of Scotland's ancient floating houses, built on the lochs and inhabited from the Bronze Age to the 17th century, are for the first time being studied under water, with techniques used...
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Mutant oil palms come to aid of margarine and soap industries
The margarine and soap industries could benefit from British research into improving techniques for the harvesting of oil palm fruits in Malaysia and South East Asia. Researchers at the Open...
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Green team tackle waste dilemma
Two research councils have joined forces to launch a Pounds 7.5 million research programme on waste and pollution management. The initiative by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council...
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Spanish academics want more change
Despite being described by Spain's national assessment body as "satisfactory", some academics believe further reforms are needed in the country's university entrance examinations. Some changes were...
