All Brothers together in Bethlehem city
SMOKE rises up into the air heavy with chattering voices and clattering trays. Denim-clad students sit at nicotine-stained plastic tables spilling over with books and files. A typical lunch-time...
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Pretoria seeks greater control
Most South African universities have welcomed proposals for reform but some fear government interference. Karen Mac Gregor reports from Durban. The South African government is to secure far firmer...
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Bomb blasts Islam off course
Attempts to set up a new Islamic studies course in Strasbourg are apparently being hampered by a fresh wave of anxiety about Islamic fundamentalism triggered by the recent bomb attack on the Paris...
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Tunnel of terror
(Photograph) - Tunnel of terror: John Adams of University College, London, says that the Channel tunnel is bound to become a terrorist target. On page 14 he describes how the problem will be...
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OECD damns stats
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development has admitted that its higher education statistics are inadequate. At a top-level meeting one week before the launch of "Education at a Glance...
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Students against fees proposals
THE IDEA of postgraduate loans (THES, December 6), funded from the private sector, is nothing new. The "deal" negotiated by the '94 Group of Universities is no different from what is on offer on the...
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Students against fees proposals
WHO DOES the Russell Group think it is kidding? (Fees split Russell 17, THES, December 6) Up and down the country over the next few weeks university governing bodies will be asked to establish the...
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Jung's vital deceptions
ANTHONY STEVENS's response (THES, November 29) to my article on the scientific baselessness of Jung's theories of a collective unconscious and archetypes is a perfect example of the evasion and lack...
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Medical research charities
Medical research charities may have lost out on thousands of pounds worth of National Lottery funding because of a misconception that the Charities Board is not interested in funding their research,...
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Councils snub research code
NEW GUIDELINES on research degrees published this week by the Higher Education Quality Council have been snubbed by the research councils. Designed to help institutions check the quality of their...
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Songs go on stream
Edinburgh University is using the latest Internet audio technology to boost research into Scottish traditions and folklore. Edinburgh's School of Scottish Studies, which systematically records...
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Concordia riled the video star
The management of the student-run television station at Montreal's Concordia University has clashed with students over copyright. In its constitution the campus station claims to own all copyright...
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Copyright clash
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has been accused of attempting to rush through a treaty which could restrict educational and research use of databases. One of the draft treaties now...
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Exeter top in German
MAY I correct your report on the funding council quality assessment overview reports (THES, December 6). The top-scoring German department was Exeter with 24 points. Given that you drew attention to...