Research loses out in A$250m teaching bonanza
The ߣߣÊÓƵn Government is to allocate almost A$250 million (£103.7 million) to universities rated for their teaching strengths rather than research. Under the Government's new Learning and...
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US tops list for loans hardship
The US emerges from a study of student finance as the worst place to have large debt and low income. In contrast, the UK, ߣߣÊÓƵ and Canada seem to be the best places for borrowers with a low...
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Academe rallies to offer help
Universities in the US South have in effect ceased to function in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Up to 100,000 students have been displaced, and many have dispersed to seek places at other schools...
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Finland moots fees for foreign nationals
Finland is set to become the second Nordic country to introduce tuition fees for foreign students. In two years, students from outside the European Union/European Economic Area will have to pay fees...
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Be a good neighbour and share your bright ideas
A new charter for researchers aims to drive the European knowledge economy, writes Lord Sainsbury Representatives from 35 countries meet at a London conference this week to discuss steps towards...
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Marooned in a lost opportunity
Imagine you are marooned with 46 strangers on a beautiful island after a plane crash. You are living on the beach among the wreckage, each day expecting to be rescued. There are ample supplies of...
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Astronomical proportions
We recently reported that Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking had the biggest one in the UK ( Times Higher , August 26). But we have since learnt that, in fact, Cambridge astronomer Martin Rees, soon...
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Unions go Caracas
With the party conference season weeks away, the two lecturers' unions have the chance to bring higher education, tuition fees, academic pay and university underfunding back to the fore of ministers...
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Got the right ID
Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister - and former student union official - gave a gushing tribute to the National Union of Students last week. Speaking at an NUS campaigning event in the run...
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Saved by the boundary
Oxford may claim to be the oldest English-speaking university in the world, but did it once have an ancient rival... other than Cambridge? University College Northampton - which is planning to...
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Why I think vocational degrees should stop trying to be academic
Amid debates over top-up fees and equal access to universities, the issue of quality in further education takes not just a back seat but is shut away firmly in the boot. Â I have spent the past two...
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Don't turn your back...
on the Middle East. The West has a duty to support development in the region, insists Zahir Irani There is a real danger that an academic black hole will emerge in the Middle East. Tighter border...
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Cloudy thinking on blue skies
French scientists fear a sharp focus on industry will blur the big picture, writes Stephane Perissutti As UK universities prepare for the 2008 research assessment exercise, the French Government is...
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Dissent? Not today, thank you
Freedom of speech is no longer a fashionable cause, laments Frank Furedi. It is suffering from a bad case of academic indifference In July, the heads of universities were told that they had to sign...
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Don't rush in to tell it like it is
A tutorial is not just another lecture, which means that you must learn to take a back seat. Harriet Swain says sobriety, enthusiasm and knowing how to keep the peace will all stand you in good stead...