Elite want to make a break
The council that represents Australian universities is on the brink of breaking up, with the eight research-intensive universities calling for radical changes in the way it operates. The Australian...
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European research opportunities hailed
As consultations on the European Research Council conclude, universities in its 25 member states see it and the Seventh Framework Programme for research as new opportunities. Jerzy Buzek, former...
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Cheats force rejig of US test
The entrance exam for US graduate schools is being revamped and expanded after widespread cheating. Some 500,000 people a year take the Graduate Record Exam in 180 countries. The test will change in...
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You say social justice, I say political censorship
The pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech are being undermined by campus activists, writes Daphne Patai Nothing is as destructive to higher education as threats from within - threats that derive...
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Alison Wolf
Architects, in thinking of themselves as artists, too often seem to overlook the role people play in their grand designs I had a "Sebastian" moment this summer. It felt just like that scene in...
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N8 misses a trick over funding
So David Secher, Cambridge University's research director, has been appointed chief executive of N8 - the partnership of research-intensive northern universities that aims to seriously ruffle the...
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No news is bad news
There were reports of serious unrest among the governing council of University College London this week. Another row over the college's rebranding? A debate about the future of the federal University...
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Artful dodgers hide behind Act
A veil of secrecy has descended, it seems, over the art adorning the walls of Bristol University. The Times Higher asked all universities for information about their art collections for a feature in...
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Always listen to your peers
A pointed Parliamentary question from David Cameron, the Tory leadership hopeful and shadow education secretary, appears to have backfired. He asked when was it decided that August 1, 2005 should be...
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A jack tar and bit of a jack the lad
Lord Horatio Nelson, who died defeating the Napoleonic fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, had an elaborate funeral at St Paul's Cathedral. It was the first state ceremony for...
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Why I believe that political research is too important to languish in journals
The other day, a balding thirtysomething academic sat on a bench in central London reading a fictitious newspaper. Despite the cold, he read the same pages - which contained nothing but gibberish -...
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Del.icio.us way to talk
To become transliterate, publishers need to start a dialogue with e-learners, Sue Thomas says Transliteracy. It's another of those new usages for old concepts. It was originally applied to the...
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Handle China with extra care
We must be helpful, honest and forthright when dealing with overseas students, says Tom Thomas For those of us grappling with international marketing and overseas targets, this year's 22.5 per cent...
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European scientists develop H7N1 avian flu vaccine
Brussels, October 2005 Supported by the EU Research Framework Programme, influenza experts from the UK, Italy and Norway, working with vaccine researchers from Sanofi Pasteur in France, have...
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Legal protection of biotechnological inventions
Brussels, Oct 2005 By approving on Wednesday a joint resolution on the patenting of biotechnological inventions, Parliament confirmed its support for biotechnology, but only within an appropriate...