Findings: It's a hard life, so sleep on it
Bad dreams may not be all bad news. Research has suggested that nightmares could be part of a psychological mechanism for coping with the trials of life, writes Steve Farrar. A study of 412 students...
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Analysis: On cloud nine with FP6?
The European Union's Sixth Framework Programme is packed full of big ideas financed by a mighty big budget. Martin Ince reports. At a cost of €17.5 billion (£11.1 billion) between now and 2006, the...
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UK v-c told 'quit Wits' amid row
British statistician Norma Reid Birley has been asked to leave her job as the vice-chancellor of one of South Africa's top universities following a run-in with its council, which has accused her of...
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Cape Town slammed for failing to spot terror link
Police have criticised Cape Town University for not digging "deeper" into the background of academic Charles Pape who faces extradition to the US on terrorist charges, writes Karen MacGregor. Dr Pape...
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Researcher settles with drugs firm
Canadian university researcher Nancy Olivieri agreed last week to settle all disputes with a drugs company, university and teaching hospital with which she had been battling for six years. James L....
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Eco gives star touch to humanity network
Five universities have founded the Italian Institute of Human Sciences, to be directed by superstar semiologist Umberto Eco. The institute will be housed in the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. It will...
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Initiation rite hell
First-years are sleeping more soundly at one of France's elite engineering schools as two months of violent and humiliating initiation rites drew to an end last Sunday, writes Jane Marshall. The...
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Suicides throw spotlight on cults
Turkish universities are looking for signs of satanic cults spreading among students. The religious affairs directorate is distributing a manual, written by Ahmet Guc, professor of theology at Uludag...
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Warning to 'elitist' school
France's elite school for training top civil servants, senior diplomats and industrial leaders has survived an attempt by rightwing MPs to close it, only to face reform next spring. The Ecole...
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UK must make itself a linchpin in EU Framework
The government's new discussion paper on higher education is cautious about the connection between research and economic success. The links are often tenuous, but nobody can doubt the academic roots...
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Get behind the wheel of the global economy
Helping tertiary education in developing countries can benefit everyone, say Jamil Salmi and Jozef Ritzen In a global economy that becomes faster and more powerful every year, education can transform...
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Last-minute discussion is a gamble for Clarke
There is a temptation to mock an invitation to respond to 77 often fundamental questions about higher education only a week ahead of the date when the government was to have published its strategy....
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Harry Kroto
A fascination with puzzles developed into an intellectual quest that led from the breathtaking revelations of spectroscopy into organic chemistry and quantum mechanics I sometimes wonder how I ended...
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Don's diary: Bog standards in Seoul and London
Wednesday Arrive at World Toilet Summit in Seoul, South Korea, after airport delays caused by typhoon winds. Greet Koo Ue, director of the Japan Toilet Association, who pioneered the Asian "restroom...
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All I ban for Christmas...
The British Medical Journal has launched an appeal to ban a word for Christmas. It states: "Trying to ban a word is not only hopeless but also an insult. Worse still, it has totalitarian overtones....