Measles outbreak causes shutdowns
Universities in Tokyo have suspended their classes after a measles outbreak in the Japanese capital. Sophia University closed for a week, and Nihon University was also reported to be closed for...
Search
-
-
Singapore venture fails to attract
An ߣߣÊÓƵn university will close its campus in Singapore after lower than expected student enrolments. The University of New South Wales is due to shut the campus at the end of semester on June 28...
-
Street-sweeper jibe from the Sorbonne
While many universities around the world live in terror of charges of elitism, the president of one of France's oldest universities has turned exclusivity into a veritable art form by referring to "...
-
Anglicised accents squeezed out in Nz
New Zealanders are dropping Anglicised accents and starting to sound more Kiwi, according to researchers. Allan Bell, professor of language and communication at Auckland University of Technology,...
-
Dolphins give a little local whistle
Welsh and Irish dolphins appear to be developing local "accents". Ronan Hickey, a masters research student at the University of Wales, Bangor, found that dolphins off the coast of south Wales made...
-
Turkish cypriots push against exclusion
Turkish Cypriot universities are pushing to be allowed to join the Bologna Process, which standardises degrees across the European Union. Turkish Cyprus, which is not formally recognised by several...
-
Fine words come cheap, strong action is needed
The growing boycott movement has put Israeli academe on the defensive, but more is required, says Lisa Taraki On the day that UK academics debated motions to boycott Israel the international media...
-
A merger lesson for London Met
London Metropolitan University has been having a little local difficulty over its refusal to recognise the University and College Union, which the union believes contravenes pre-merger agreements....
-
Sartorial triumph for academe
Congratulations to Robert Gordon University's Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, which has raised more than £8,000 from a charity dinner for an ambulance to help those still suffering as a result...
-
One analogy to rule them all
Peep was impressed to hear of the first close-up image of the surface of Altair, a Sun-like star beyond the solar system, reported in this week's issue of Science . It was captured by combining the...
-
Bit of a dopey idea
And a worthy winner for Peep's Worst Pun Award: the Select Committee on Science and Technology's attempt to sex up its latest report by giving it the title Drug Classification: Making a Hash of It?
-
Real victims of UCU's Middle East incursion
A boycott of Israel can only backfire on Britain, says John Sutherland Cruising to the roof of a Los Angeles parking structure the other week - looking, vainly, for a "spot" - I saw three cars with "...
-
Our stars were not born in a vacuum
Oxbridge's scientific brilliance owes a huge debt to other UK institutions, which must continue to receive funding, argues Chris Higgins A recipe for disaster recently appeared in The Times Higher (...
-
Strike it rich by drilling into the vulnerable core
Halting dropous could bring big rewards, says Ormonjd Simpson in our series on new ideas for higher education New students entering British universities this autumn are taking a considerable risk....
-
Fantasy rules in cult of celebrity
Maria Misra complains of a criticalmass failure to understand that celebrity does not necessarily equal skill, talent and virtue Would Carol Vorderman or Sir Richard Branson spring to mind if you...