Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 The German federal government and the country's Länder have signed a pact on research and innovation. The agreement will see the funding allocated to Germany's large research...
Brown to scrap levy on college spin-out shares Gordon Brown is to announce the immediate abolition of substantial tax liabilities on academics' shares in high-technology university spin-out companies...
Google puts new slant on scholarship Google has already transformed the way the web is used. Now the company behind the internet's leading search engine aims to change the academic world too, with a...
Mind if I sit here? My pleasure. Still keeping busy? Is the Pope a Catholic? Anything interesting in your Higher ? Hardly. Apparently the Government in the shape of the DTI has rejected the advice of...
A diminutive relative's bid to join the human race has begun a fierce debate, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto  When they found her, her teeth were mashed to pulp, her bones rotted and soggy. She was...
When Sir Graeme Davies was asked to deliberate on the relationship between teaching and research at the height of the Government's difficulties over top-up fees, his forum seemed a classic vehicle to...
Even allowing for the self-selecting nature of our survey on academic standards, the number of academics prepared to admit to passing students they believe they should have failed is shocking. More...
I read your article on universities scrapping the semester system with interest ("Return to terms of endearment", November 12). I am a final-year student at Plymouth University. Ivan Sidgreaves, the...
The snide remarks and often incomprehension of his work that greeted Derrida's death in the press have been an unedifying spectacle. Your feature on his legacy redressed the balance, particularly...
Pages and pages on Derrida and nothing of substance about his support for a broadly Marxist view of the world? Keith Flett London N17
Nick Hewitt ascribes US nationality to Anglo-Irish Perry Anderson, for 40 years the most influential New Left historian. I guess my hackles rose because, pace deconstructive nonsense not of Derrida's...
You quote Caroline Neville on the need for greater autonomy for mixed-economy colleges in their higher education work, but suggest that "allowing colleges to break free from partnerships appears to...
You claim that a national survey found that college principals blame higher education partners, low student demand and problems with employer involvement for poor recruitment to foundation degrees....
The matters raised by President Thabo Mbeki (Opinion, November 12) will resonate with all those with experience of African universities. The UK is in a prime position to help to open up the new era....
We want to allay the fears expressed in your article on the new performance management framework system ("Fury over Treasury research meddling", November 12). To suggest that the framework will...