OUP withdraws book after violent protest
Oxford University Press in India has withdrawn a US academic's book on the 18th-century Hindu ruler Shivaji after violent protests by far-right groups who claim that it cast "aspersions" on Shivaji...
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ANU battles with insurers over fire damage
The ߣߣÊÓƵn National University is embroiled in a bitter dispute with an insurance company over reconstruction of its Mt Stromlo Observatory, which was almost destroyed by Canberra's bushfires in...
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French science revolts on net
President Jacques Chirac's promise of a new national research programme and denials by prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin that research funding has decreased have failed to stem a revolt by French...
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Wellesley's not smiling at Julia Roberts' film
A month after the US release of the movie Mona Lisa Smile , the president of the all-female college in which the film is set has said it is a "distorted and demeaning portrayal" of the campus. Diana...
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SA loses ground in research output
South African science is in decline, measured by its output of scientific publications over the past decade, a study has found. No country "has lost ground as much as South Africa", which has been...
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Israel snubs private school
Israel's Council for Higher Education has refused to grant a licence for Israel's first private medical school. The plan for a private school originated in a 1990s report by Amnon Pazy, former...
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If the bill falls, the nation will pay a heavy price
Next week MPs will make a crucial choice. If they choose wrongly, the consequences will be dire, argues Charles Clarke When I was appointed secretary of state, I made clear that investing in the...
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Don's diary: sleepless on sabbatical
Monday Wake at 7.30am. Terrible night. Feel awful. For someone who's writing a book about sleep, I should be doing better. Is it simply a case of poor sleep habits, or, more sinister, an underlying...
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Tony's smile (nearly) wiped off
Preparing to deliver a speech on university funding last week, Tony Blair was preening himself as new Labour luvvie Wendy Piatt of the Institute of Public Policy Research opened the event. The prime...
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Clarke's cuts show the way
The surprise in last week's communication from Charles Clarke, the education secretary, to David Young, the English funding boss, was not its contents but its brevity. The annual grant letter to the...
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Faithful can't march on spam
The Association of University Teachers saw its efforts at communication blocked by gremlins last week. Thousands of copies of an email from Matt Waddup, the assistant general secretary, about...
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Naked vets lose the animals
Edinburgh University's veterinary students have unveiled a fundraising calendar featuring nude shots of their sports teams. One of the organisers, identified only as Lucy, is quoted in the student...
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Why I urge India's politicians to denounce cultural vandalism
The city of Pune, formerly known as Poona, lies in the state of Maharashtra, about three hours inland from India's giant commercial capital Mumbai (Bombay). To anyone who has ever lived in a...
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Parental guidance
Pupils' transition from school to university can be hardest for mums and dads, says Helen Johnson Twenty years ago, the notion of "parent relations" in higher education in the US was virtually...
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Foundations rock the edifice
Top-up fees and foundation degrees will turn higher into further education, says Patrick Ainley The stated aim of the higher education bill is to widen participation so that 50 per cent of 18 to 30-...