An anti-corruption drive launched by a central Russian university aims to halt bribe-taking by its lecturers with the help of student informers. Togliatti State University has set up a secure email...
As democracy flickers into life in Iraq, international aid for the country's stricken university system is finally beginning to flow. But the security issues that have been the principal barrier to...
The role of Islam in universities in developing countries is emerging as a central issue for the international higher education community, writes David Jobbins. States such as Pakistan base their...
The Turkish Parliament has passed an amnesty for nearly 700,000 students expelled from university since 2000, including women banned for wearing headscarves for religious reasons. Although Turkey is...
Why does the Government continue to treat part-timers unfairly and ignore their struggles? asks Ivor Crewe Part-time students are the Cinderellas of the higher education sector, and it is about time...
Like it or not, we are all porn performers, just instruments forced to do it on demand and denied any pleasure or passion If you are easily offended, please don't read on. I'm going to talk about...
Lord Kelvin: Revolutionary Scientist. The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University In 1834, a ten-year-old boy enrolled as a student at Glasgow University. Aged 17, he moved to Cambridge University,...
The party launching the Times Higher Awards, held at the National Portrait Gallery last Wednesday night, was a glitzy affair that for many will remain a bit of a blur. But in the sober light of day...
Our reporters are, of course, known fortheir ability to glide effortlessly around higher education soirees. But a few conversations at the party began very inaus-piciously. One journalist was heard...
One might have assumed that the Shadow Science Minister Robert Key would be pleased that party guests were speculating about whether Labour would put him in charge of the House of Commons Science and...
Finally, if you have ever had cause to wonder whether Universities UK or the Association of University Teachers union are really committed to their mission, we have proof that they are indeed...
There is a curious relationship between universities and the Government in Britain. Crudely summed up, it is the inverse of "he who pays the piper calls the tune". In the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s...
We have a duty to treat the dead with respect, just as we do the living, insists Antoon De Baets The demographer Carl Haub recently guesstimated that since the dawn of the human race some 106 billion...
Cynical debate over immigration policies hides the real reason for border controls, says Alex Callinicos It has become depressingly clear that the coming general election may be dominated by a...
Academics and politicians have condemned pro-Palestinian students who disrupted a lecture by Israel's ambassador to Italy at the University of Florence. Twenty or so protesters shouted down the...