Europe's universities are committed to advancing the Bologna process of convergence by 2010 but have voiced doubts about some issues they will be asked to tackle. Intensive discussions in Graz,...
Hardly anything is known about what French students learn during their higher education, according to a report that recommends standardised evaluation tests and training...
Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenka has assumed powers to hire or fire the rector of the "flagship" Belarusian State University in Minsk. The university lost its right to elect its rector or to...
A former assistant to Larry Summers, now president of Harvard University, moonlighted as a prostitute while working in the university's hallowed halls, according to a US magazine. The woman, Kim Airs...
The reconfiguration of higher education in Wales is moving forwards, with two more strategic alliances in the pipeline, funding council leaders have announced. Cash-strapped Lampeter University has...
Some academics think technology allows anatomy to be taught without cadavers. Others are unconvinced. Claire Sanders reports The new Medical Sciences Teaching Centre at Oxford University holds a...
Zimbabwean students are dying fighting a tyrant but the Association of Commonwealth Universities prefers not to notice, says Tapera Kapuya This has been a critical week for Zimbabwe as the opposition...
Donald Farr, the dissecting room manager at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' is a firm believer that those who donate their bodies to science provide an invaluable service to medical education. "We need...
On a girls' night out at a male strip club, women are more interested in female bonding than the sexual experiences pursued by their male counterparts, according to research, writes Natasha Gilbert....
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Talcott Parsons
The Future of the Capitalist State
The Uses of Sociology - Social Differences and Divisions - Social Change - Understanding Everyday Life
Exiles from a Future Time