Students are ostrich-like when it comes to debt
The main reason tuition fees have failed to put students off university is because of their head-in-the-sand approach to finances, a study suggests. Research by academics at Heriot-Watt University,...
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Yeo predicts Labour fees victory
Shadow education secretary Tim Yeo has denied that the Conservatives are preparing to drop their opposition to top-up fees, despite splits in the party over the issue. Mr Yeo told The THES that there...
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Minister sets sights on Beagle 3
Scientists struggling to contact the UK’s Mars probe were this week assured of life after Beagle 2 by a government commitment to future exploration of the solar system. Lord Sainsbury, the science...
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Ex-NUS chiefs split on top-ups
Two recent presidents of the National Union of Students squared up to each other over top-up fees this week, with one abandoning his opposition to government plans and the other warning that variable...
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Next week
Our man to Mann Laurie Taylor hears sociologist Michael Mann predict America's ugly future Also Prehistoric art: Two books reviewed by Steven Mithen Books focus: Design and fashion Louis Appleby, the...
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In the news: Michael Arthur
Michael Arthur, dean of Southampton University’s faculty of medicine, will become the first Russell Group vice-chancellor with a comprehensive school background when he takes over at Leeds University...
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Appointments
Lorna Walker , leader of Arup’s global environmental consultancy and chartered chemist, has been appointed Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor in engineering design for sustainable...
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Fleshing out the invisible invasion
Advertising Cultures
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Sex, suicide, slavery and Stone-arse
Stalin - Gulag - Surviving Freedom
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A deadly and dark desire to classify
A Century of Genocide
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Hidden players take
About O'Casey - About Beckett - About Hare - About Friel
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Scripts fired up with the spirit of the age
Re:Direction
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