The reluctant rebel
Pollster David Butler (below) has spent a lifetime collating the opinions of the partisan in the most unpartisan of ways. But the refusal of the Oxford and Cambridge Club to admit women has driven...
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Business schools find going tough
One fifth of Denmark's 56 business colleges lose money, and they lay the blame on reforms that took effect in 1991. The reforms introduced competition between business and sixth-form colleges for...
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Few tears shed for privatiser
Indian education minister Arjun Singh, who started the process of privatisation of higher education, has quit, creating a political crisis for the ruling Congress party. Few tears are being shed for...
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Lost science jobs lead to standstill
The appointment of France's first scientific council, the Comite d'Orientation Strategique, to advise the government directly on research policy, was marked by 24-hour closures at four major...
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Scholarly screw on sporting life
College presidents and athletics directors in the United States voted last week to tighten already tough academic standards for student athletes, disappointing critics who argued that they...
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Highroad to Amazon recovery
Three years ago the University of Sao Paulo announced that it planned to take over a model mining town on the Equator, and turn it into a research centre for Amazonian studies. The company, ICOMI,...
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Small and modular is beautiful
Earlier reports of the death of courses may have been exaggerated, but this time things look serious. A principal of a college in the Midlands was heard to say the other day that he had no courses...
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Standards geared up
It is encouraging that a profession that has made a vital contribution to Britain's prosperity during this century should be asking itself tough questions about its role and coming up with a sober...
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Strike pressure for pay talks
Australian universities could suffer widespread disruption this year as academic and general staff begin industrial action for a 10 per cent pay rise. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned...
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Hostage of exam fortune
Gordon Kirk suggests a national agency to manage external examining, training opportunities for external examiners, national standards for sampling, the format of reporting and other matters, and the...
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Austudy fraud case flawed
Geoff Maslen's report "Asians find 'study for free' loophole in Australia" (THES, December 16) mentions a study I co-authored about uptake rates of Austudy, Australia's government-financed support...
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Aids experts defend results
Leading Aids researchers claimed this week that they are being unfairly criticised for slow progress in finding a cure for the virus. They are also concerned that the Medical Research Council has...
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Coup d'oeil
(Photograph) - Coup d'oeil: Twelve artists from diverse cultural traditions are exhibiting at Nottingham Trent University's Bonington Gallery until January 28. The theme of cultural heritage ranges...
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Auditor eyes loans company
The National Audit Office is planning a fresh inquiry into the Student Loans Company, which is expected to report by mid-July. It also investigated the SLC in 1993. Sir Eric Ash, acting chief...
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Poster campaign warns against plagiarism
A thousand posters warning students against the temptation of plagiarism are going up around Wolverhampton University after it launched a major publicity campaign. Appeals officer Sharan Hasluck said...