Touching gift made for mother
A partially sighted mother now has a "touching record" of her baby thanks to Exeter Advanced Technologies at Exeter University's school of engineering and computer science. The firm helped build a...
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The hub and spokes of UK economic take-off
Top-up fees are not necessary with so much extra money going to higher education, argues David Blunkett. It is a year since my speech at the University of Greenwich. Some commentators described it as...
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Aston students vote for end to merger plans
Plans for a merger between Aston and Birmingham universities suffered a setback this week when Aston students signalled their opposition to the move. Two-thirds of students voted for an end to merger...
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Consent issue is threat to patents
The issue of consent that was at the centre of the Alder Hey scandal could pose a threat to gene patents. Academics at Sheffield University believe the question of gaining permission to exploit a...
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Sacked feminist historian sues
An academic scandal that rocked the Soros-founded Central European University comes before the courts in Hungary next week when a feminist historian dismissed from the gender studies programme sues...
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Only rich will study in London
London's universities are in danger of becoming closed to all but well-off students, claimed a student finance expert this week. Claire Callender, of South Bank University, said that unless measures...
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Why I ...believe the drive for equal opportunities needs new impetus
Janet Finch Vice-chancellor of Keele University and chair of the Joint Equality Steering Group I have agreed to chair the new Joint Equality Steering Group. It is the governing body for an initiative...
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The report falls short
Admissions reform is not enough to widen participation, say Louise Archer and Alistair Ross Last week's select committee report on higher education access focused on the wrong end of the problem....
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Have a million for nothing much
Why should the old universities receive more funding for doing less? asks Paul Mackney It is not often that you get rewarded for poor performance, but last Friday Tony Blair decided to make an...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Nobel prize-winning novelist who once commanded a rocket ship: " There was an area east of the Isle...
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Reason awakes in the clubbable
Was there a distinctive British Enlightenment? Jeremy Black assesses a work that claims the age of reason flowered in a singularly British display. That there was a British Enlightenment is an...
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Victims were spotted living close to tiny ticks in urban margins
The Biography of a Germ
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Apocalypse now and atrocity then
From Melos to My Lai - Kennedy's Wars
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A current account of activity
The World Bank
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If one sees an haitch, drop it
The New Elites