Kidnap victims set free by Farc
Five students and a lecturer from the National University and the University of Antioquia who were kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have been freed. The biologists were...
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Government's budget boost fails to win over angry French scientists
François d'Aubert, the French Research Minister, has announced an extra €1 billion (£683 million) for research in 2005, in line with his Government's commitment to raise research spending by €3...
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Stars back battle on student votes
Less than five weeks before the US presidential election, a campaign is pushing for the right of students to vote in the towns where they attend school. The Student Voting Rights Campaign is a...
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Research chief set on getting new faces in Framework
The incoming European Union Research Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, has unveiled his priorities for reforming the EU's Framework Programmes on research to help his fellow Eastern Europeans profit from...
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The evidence is there, so let's make use of it
University managers need to base their ideas on experience to make informed decisions, says Paul Ramsden By the time students get to university - or very soon afterwards - we expect most of them to...
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The Scarlet Kim-pernel
The failure of higher education to make a big impact at this year's Labour Party conference is not helped by the low profile of Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister. Interview requests with...
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Christmas comes early for Alan
But former Higher Education Minister Alan Johnson's status in the history books looks secure. While he was getting acquainted with the fiery issue of the nation's pensions crisis, he was honoured...
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Put out to pasture
With top-up fees firmly on the statute books, and higher education issues at this year's Labour Party conference repeatedly dismissed with the line "been there done that", it is understandable that...
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A Grand bust-up
Never mind the hunting row, fur was flying inside the so-called "TonyTown" Brighton conference security zone at a fringe meeting on Mike Tomlinson's A-level reforms, hosted by the Association of...
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Don's diary: countdown to merger and mozzarella
17 days... ...until the merger of Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology It's 9am and, as chaplain, I'm addressing freshers at the Royal Northern...
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Why I believe that British academics have failed the general public
Britain's foreign policy often bears little resemblance to the image presented by academics. Indeed, I think British academics are generally responsible for keeping students and the public in...
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Act now on access
Time is running out to comply with new disability legislation, writes Jennifer Dyer The start of this academic year brings more changes to the Disability Discrimination Act. For the first time, "...
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Cheating: a sign of good health?
Fears of an ethical decline in the academy are premature, argues Ron Robin Do we live in particularly deviant times? A cursory glance at academic newspapers, internet bulletin boards and even the...
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E-nough to make a grown man cry
Does electronic submission have to be so hard? asks a desperate Tim Birkhead. Arguably, the most important thing academics do is publish research. Submitting a manuscript to a journal used to be...
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My worst nightmare
Writing a lecture at home with only hours to go, I decided to print it out at university to save time. On turning on my PC, I got a message that my computer, the University of London system and the...