Further education college lecturers are threatening an escalating campaign of strikes in pursuit of an immediate, no-strings £3,000 pay rise for all full-time staff. The campaign, launched this week...
The right to fair dealing and to copyright waivers for education hangs in the balance after internal divisions delayed a vote in the European Parliament this week. The parliament is due to vote in a...
Right wing academics have criticised Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen for attacking a majority Hindu view of Indian history and calling it an organised attempt to rewrite history to suit a political...
Death of Senegalese student draws inquiry Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has called for an investigation into the death of a student in clashes with police during demonstrations against plans to...
Novel Russia (11.00 am R4). Present-day Russia explored by Martin Wainwright via the themes of great Russian novels, beginning with Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment . Culture Fix: Postmodernism (1....
The notion of agriculture as an advance in society is wrong - 'potato growers' are more aggressive but no more superior than hunter-gatherers, Hugh Brody tells Chris Bunting. Hugh Brody has friends...
Urban regeneration improves not just the homes people live in, says Peter Ambrose, it also improves their health. Its downside, however, is that it makes life costlier, he tells Anne McHardy. Peter...
Oxford's Maison Française, a leading light in the study of French culture, is broadening its remit to encompass scientific research under a new director, Jean-Claude Sergeant. Jane Marshall reports....
Neither does the government. So it has brought in David Pyle to assess the progress. He spoke to Karen Gold. The government's war on drugs will soon enter its third year. Its main targets - a 25 per...
Pick of the week "The embattled field of archaeology (often accused of imperialism) should be at the heart of the classroom curriculum," Camille Paglia wrote in a recent Salon.com column. " is an...
FINANCIAL TIMES Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer, is investing in a £15 million aerospace research centre in partnership with the University of Sheffield. Neale Smith of Newcastle University...
Government should record fee-related expulsions A national record should be kept of the number of students kicked off courses for failing to pay tuition fees, National Union of Students official...
More ethnic-Americans choose college Record numbers of black and Latino high-school students have applied to the University of California despite the lifting of an affirmative action admissions...
The Year 1901 (3.45 R4). Part four: Welfare and Reform. The Material World (4.30 R4). Including Andrew Barnes (De Montfort) and dermatologist Susan Mayou on the skin's water content. The Emerald in...
Bush raises first-year grant United States education secretary Rod Paige confirmed plans by the new Bush administration to increase the maximum Pell grant for first-year students by more than 50 per...