Expats face job losses
Japan's foreign university lecturerships are being phased out but Japanese lecturers can now take industrial action as a consequence of the denationalisation of universities and their transformation...
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Chinese whisper
Tough measures to reduce distractions and to control cheating were taken in China this year as an estimated 8.67 million students sat college entrance examinations - 1.44 million more than in 2004....
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Second swig of ancient tipple
Archaeologists from Siena University and botanists from the University of Milan aim to reconstruct the DNA of the vines that the Etruscans and their ancestors used to make wine. The project is...
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Russian case settled
Harvard University has settled a case in which it alleged that two of its employees had used inside information to invest in Russian companies while advising Russian officials on capitalism. Andrei...
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US and Asian rivals to meet
Presidents from American and Asian universitiesJwill meet for the first time this week to discuss preserving and expanding collaborations as competition for students intensifies, writes Jon Marcus ....
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Get Africa's educational heart to beat once more
Long-term investment in African higher education is key to solving its problems, says Bill Rammell Africa's universities are at the heart of Africa's future. Good universities build human and...
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Gary Day
Attempts to teach only what is perceived to be relevant denies students the chance to explore life and art through literature I wonder if other subjects have the same trouble that English does? I can...
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Simon Blackburn finds a little harmony on a fenland drain
The May Bumps, Cambridge Take wing, my soul, the May Bumps are here. The sun is out, and Zuleika has arrived from Oxford. Perfect Cambridge, willows and limes reflected in the water, honey for tea,...
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Why I... feel lack of work experience at university has kept me from getting a job
Helen Davey, graduate with a first-class honours in English and music Students nationwide will soon be replacing baggy jeans and scruffy trainers with long dark robes and pointy hats as they embrace...
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Cool head required
Howard Newby explains why Hefce will not charge in where subjects are considered at risk Last year, Charles Clarke, then Education Secretary, asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Wake up and smell the lucre
Academe's failure to react to industry's training needs could prove costly, argues Matthew Poyiadgi The extent to which the Government is prepared to back the move towards information technology...
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Dropout push adds to load
Lecturers' leaders fear universities are heaping extra work on already overstretched staff in a bid to tackle high numbers of student dropouts. The concerns voiced by lecturers' union Natfhe came as...
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Middlesex appeals for visionary to go global
Middlesex University is looking for someone to spearhead an international marketing strategy geared to driving up recruitment of overseas students. The university is advertising in this week's Times...
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Who got that cash?
Cambridge University has netted £283,000 towards a project that aims to post on the web all the writings - published and unpublished - of Charles Darwin. John van Wyhe, project director, said the...
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Calculated to annoy
A senior academic reports wry smiles in the maths department at Imperial College London prompted by the fraud inquiry facing entrepreneur Gary Tanaka in the US. Dr Tanaka, whose lawyers have...