America lacks the Bolognese recipe for true harmonisation
US warned it could lose its lead of the global pack if it doesn't learn from Europe, reports John Gill
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Will pharmacy prescription require more staff?
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has questioned whether there are enough teaching and management staff to handle an expansion in courses resulting from government reforms of...
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US students to get bigger grants
Universities with highest fee increases are to be named and shamed, writes Jon Marcus
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Overseas briefing
South KoreaSeoul searching for studentsThe number of foreign students at South Korea's universities will rise by 100,000 if government targets are hit. The Ministry of Education, Science and...
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Criticism of student attitude at Harvard sparks outcry
John Gill reports on a debate in cyberspace about the culture at America's privileged seat of learning
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'Each student went about his or her daily life believing that he or she can and would change the world'
The following is a selection from the more than 110 comments posted on our website, timeshighereducation. co.uk, in reaction to John Summers's essay:"You mentioned a 'few shining exceptions', we are...
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Are good mixers badly served?
Journal editor calls for more respect and cash for interdisciplinary arts research. Zoe Corbyn reports
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20 years ago
Researchers from 200 colleges across America can now work simultaneously on a single project thanks to a new supercomputer network that came into operation last week. Linking six computer centres and...
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News in brief
Employer-partnered qualificationsRaising cash is key concernUniversities offering degrees in partnership with employers are more concerned about raising employer co-funding than quality assurance,...
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Think big to win a share of Europe's pot of gold
Early-career researchers with 'groundbreaking' work may earn an ERC windfall, reports Matt Rooney
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Grant winners
The Wellcome TrustThe 2008 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been announced. Subsequent to an initial offer of 20 awards, 17 newly qualified postdoctoral researchers have been selected...
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Clocking on
Misha Ahrens looks forward to spending the four years of his Henry Wellcome Fellowship studying our perception of time
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Appointments
Sir Timothy O'Shea has been appointed chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee, the body that manages the universities' computer network, from January. Currently principal and vice-chancellor...
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Progressively benighted
Jonathan Taylor posits that our emphasis on the advancement of knowledge can crush creativity
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Generation Y is wired up and ready for action so what's the problem?
Graham Manville and Gill Schiel outline the challenges institutions face harnessing the potential of this new whirlpool of talent