Censor bans how-to article on date rape
New Zealand's censor has banned a student magazine after it carried a "how to" article about date rape, purportedly written from the rapist's point of view. Otago University's Critic Te Arohi has for...
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Fears for Norwegian as English papers rewarded
The Norwegian language is under pressure in Norway's universities as academics are encouraged to use English when publishing their research. The University of Oslo has become the first institution to...
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Indian exam racket
Mafia-style criminal gangs are selling leaked question papers to desperate Indian university students, writes Raghavendra Verma in New Delhi. Senior academics are warning that students are resorting...
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CNRS leadership to be reformed
The dual leadership system of France's National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS) will be changed to avoid potential conflict between the president and the director-general of the kind that led to a...
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Unionist deported
A Russian political scientist has been deported from Ukraine after being detained at an airport in Crimea on his way to address a seminar at Tavryda University. Kirill Frolov of the Institute of the...
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Islam's no joking matter - and that's the problem
Humility and integrity require Muslims to mock themselves every once in a while, argues Irshad Manji At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, I observed something revealing. In a session...
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Alison Wolf
Do you remember a big admissions scandal a few years ago in which an undercover reporter convinced a couple of Oxford dons that he would donate £300,000 if they created an extra place on one of their...
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Who's most likely to offend?
Big players across the university sector are still somehow finding the time to rake feverishly over the impending appointment of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's new chief executive...
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Costly recruitment
Universities can't be blamed for tripping over themselves to woo students as they try to balance their books. But outraged staff at Birkbeck, University of London, told us this week that their...
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Now P&G points the finger
Pharmaceutical giant Procter & Gamble has been praised for taking a rare stand for honesty in drug marketing by suing its rivals, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline, over allegedly misleading claims...
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Ideas, things and idea-things
ALCHEMY: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TRANSFORMATION. Cube3 Gallery, Portland Square, North Hill, Plymouth University. Until April 7 Driving into Plymouth, I can see the city is being transformed again....
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Iranian reform dying in crossfire
With its War on Terror, the US undermines a budding democracy that could stabilise the Middle East, argues Elaheh Koolaee Like most people around the world, Iranians anxiously watched television...
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Will sellers sell out to celebrity?
Academic books for the general reader may become a thing of the past if the power of book retailers grows, says Maria Misra I was immensely pleased to see that Rana Mitter won The Times Higher 's...
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Get out more and learn to share
It is no good for postgraduate researchers to spend all their time working in isolation, says Harriet Swain. They can spark interest in their theses by making contacts and exchanging ideas with...
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A sea view and a flood of visitors
Name: Alan Knox Age: 55 Job: Head of historic collections at Aberdeen University. We manage the university's special libraries and archives and Marischal museum, and provide support to the university...