Party thrown to beat rowdiness
St Patrick's Day, March 17, is a public holiday in Northern Ireland. But last year Gerry McCormac, pro vice-chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, was forced to abandon his plans for a relaxed...
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'Unnatural' swerve deceives eye
In 1997, psychologist Cathy Craig watched Brazilian footballer Roberto Carlos's strike against France, hailed as one of the greatest free-kicks of all time, writes Olga Wojtas. But her attention was...
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'When degrees are seen as a means to an end, anything justifies getting the mark'
It's a problem every student is familiar with: how to squeeze as much material as possible, from as many different sources as possible, into a 1,500-word essay. Phil Spooner, a second-year classics...
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Poll finds elite top cheats list
Students at the most academically selective universities are most likely to admit to cheating, a Times Higher poll on plagiarism has revealed. Opinionpanel Research asked 1,022 students from 119...
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Mellow melodies
Winchester Cathedral was the venue for the Church Colleges and Universities Choirs Festival, which was organised and hosted by Winchester University early this month. The festival brought together...
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Access drive has failed to bridge class divide
Universities were last week urged to strengthen efforts to attract more working-class students to degree courses as figures revealed that the participation of students from poor backgrounds had...
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Student cities skew the data
New universities in the same cities as elite Russell Group institutions have much lower intakes of students from working-class backgrounds than other former polytechnics, it has been revealed, writes...
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£7.5m to spur alumni giving
The Government this week announced £7.5 million in grants over three years to English academic institutions to help kickstart their fundraising activities. Universities will have to match funding of...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ must partner India, not lure away students
ߣߣÊÓƵn universities have been told not to treat India as another market from which to attract fee-paying students. Glyn Davis, chair of ߣߣÊÓƵ's Group of Eight research-intensive universities...
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Campus freedoms under fire
Academic freedom is under threat in even the most modern democratic nations, John Sexton, president of New York University, warned this week. He told a joint meeting of the New York-based Scholars at...
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US law schools lose anti-military battle
US universities that accept federal funding must allow military recruiters on their campuses even if they object to the military's ban on openly gay people, the Supreme Court has ruled. The court...
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Law to tackle cheats
Sweden's education ministry is drawing up plans that would effectively force universities and colleges of higher education to investigate every allegation of cheating by academic staff. The...
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Balkans to get a slice of Bologna
European education ministers are this week considering how to persuade governments in southeastern Europe and the western Balkans to give universities more autonomy and allow more co-operation with...
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Lecturers lash Thai PM
University lecturers in Thailand are playing a key role in undermining the popularity of Thaksin Shinawatra, the Prime Minister. Academics have queued up to denounce the Prime Minister after his...
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Paris
French students are threatening more protests over job contracts that allow people under 26 to be fired more easily after President Jacques Chirac this week backed their introduction. The student...