Sussex expels fugitive student
A PhD student who skipped police bail and fled the country has been expelled from the University of Sussex almost a year after going on the run.Erich Kofmel, a DPhil student, was arrested in May 2008...
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Universities offset to 'shirk' their green responsibilities
Groups criticise institutions using quick fixes to meet emission targets. Hannah Fearn reports
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Institute denies censoring 'global cooling' article
A physicist claims she has been "censored" by her learned society after it refused to publish an article questioning global warming that she submitted to a branch newsletter.Terri Jackson, a former...
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Overqualified and lowly paid
Kent study finds that the 'graduate-pay premium' varies dramatically, writes Melanie Newman
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News in brief
Student financesScots must borrow to get byTwo thirds of Scottish students owe money to their friends and family, and more than half have taken on expensive commercial debt to fund their studies,...
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Daytime TV: Disorderly conduct
Teenage girls turning to crime should be no surprise when we look at society as a whole, says Gary Day
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National rankings in agricultural sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-April 2009
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Three injured in 'pain' riot
Police cars raced to our campus on Monday in response to an emergency call from the convenor of this year's Annual Conference of Physicalist Philosophers.According to witnesses, a fracas involving...
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Don't celebrate yet, girls
There's always a backlash against women's successes, warns Sally Feldman
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: I'm afraid it's very bad news
The prescription for a higher education sector suffering self-inflicted wounds, a fiscal bruising and hysteria is a rather bitter pill
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From where I sit - History of violence and betrayal
When hardline militia attacked the University of Tehran's student dormitories earlier this summer, it was a shock for Iran's academic community and society at large.Up to 150 students were jailed, at...
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Sheila Rodwell, 1947-2009
Sheila Rodwell, a leading authority on the links between nutrition and disease, has died.Born in St Albans on 7 March 1947 and educated at Loughborough High School, she graduated as a dietitian from...
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A national syllabus to compare standards
The aspect of the Students and Universities report that has attracted the most media attention is the significance of degree levels ("After the grillings, MPs serve a critical dish to the sector", 6...
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Kind words, dark deeds
While we welcome Lord Mandelson's recent speech outlining his support for mature students, part-time education and the work of The Open University and Birkbeck, University of London, we wonder...