Union exposes despair of hard-up students
The financial plight of the UK's students has been laid bare in thousands of letters sent to prime minister Tony Blair. More than 3,000 letters handed into Downing Street in February have been...
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Manchester admits 'sexism and hostility'
An internal review of Manchester University's department of English and American studies has concluded that it is "dysfunctional" and racked by hostility, sexism, bullying and harassment. The damning...
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Industry refuses to cough up for lab
Oxford University will open its £60 million Chemical Research Laboratory today with almost no funding from UK industry. Graham Richards, chairman of chemistry, is expected to be highly critical of...
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Society accused of stalling funding
The Royal Society was recalled by MPs this week to explain events leading up to the resignation of Bridget Ogilivie from the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science. The House of Commons...
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Bursa
Turkey's Uludag University theology department has published a book on Satanism after a spate of suicides by Turkish youths who were linked to devil worship.
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Space woman in new orbit
French premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin has enlisted a female former astronaut as minister for research and new technologies in his new government. Claudie Haigneré, 45, has been on board two space...
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IoE may abandon teacher training
One of Britain's top teacher education centres is considering abandoning training because it is no longer cost-effective. This would deal a blow to the government's drive to ease the teacher...
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Europe seeks spotlight with research conference
Plans for the largest interdisciplinary research conference in Europe are being drawn up to highlight the continent's academic cutting edge. Euroscience 2004, to be held in Stockholm in two years'...
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Latin is no longer <i> sine qua non </i>
More than 800 years of scholarly tradition will end when the last Oxbridge course to insist on Latin fluency begins admitting students who have not learned the language. Cambridge University's...
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V-cs' gravy train hits buffers
Universities are to be ordered to clamp down on vice-chancellors' pay following an investigation triggered by The THES . Payoffs for poorly performing vice-chancellors will be abolished along with...
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Next week
News Ten years of new universities: an expensive vanity? Features Baruch Blumberg: from hepatitis B to astrobiology Stephen Devereux debates the role of academics in preventing famine Rewriting the...
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New universities go for award to woo students
New universities are far more likely to aim for the Investors in People award than old ones, according to research from the University of Hertfordshire. But they want the award, intended to show...
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Aberdeen and Robert Gordon may merge
The governors of Robert Gordon University were this week debating a confidential report that could lead to merger with neighbouring Aberdeen University by 2004. Aberdeen's court will consider the...
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Scottish colleges still in dire financial straits
Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, says there are still severe concerns about further education's financial health. Mr Gray warned the Association of...
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Analysis: So what are you good at?
UK universities have great brand names and are good at research but not much else, a conference heard. Alison Goddard reports Universities and colleges should play to their strengths and stop trying...