Letter: Get some PhD appeal
Research councils are right to be concerned at the fall in the number of postgraduate research students in the United Kingdom ("Councils fear shortage of postgraduates", THES , September 28). Funding...
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Leader: Employer openness will stave off unfairness
Rahul Jindal's industrial tribunal case against the University of Glasgow raises an issue, referee confidentiality, that is of wider concern than a single individual or institution. Academic careers...
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Leader: Institutions risk zero-sum game if they snub Hodge
The mood music from Brighton this week has been all sombre pomp and circumstance. The prime minister and the chancellor are readying the country for war - for soldiers' deaths and higher taxes. As...
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An intellectual vacuum
Where are the UK's Chomskys, Sontags and Saids? Frank Furedi mourns the demise of Britain's public intellectuals and the rise of the safe university 'expert'. At a recent discussion about the future...
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So you want to be a public intellectual?
If you are interested in "an advanced general education and life as a public intellectual", Florida Atlantic University may be for you. Since 1999, it has offered a PhD in comparative studies for...
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The bitter fruits of strategic alliance
The radical Islamic sects that threaten to derail Pakistan's commitment to the war on terrorism are a result of the country's efforts to counter India's regional supremacy, writes Ian Talbot. On...
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We cannot even define them, let alone name them...
...so how can we make war on those we call terrorists? asks David Whittaker The rhetoric from Washington about "taking out" terrorism is a predictable response provoked by the anger and grief that...
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Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Desire for vengeance will not end terrorism. The US must tackle it by attacking poverty and inequality worldwide, says Stanley Aronowitz. After all the talk of revenge and crusades, the posting of...
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The poetic passions between the sheets
Poetry anthologies are hotbeds of controversy, exciting rows over who's in and who's out. Peter Middleton on the latest addition. An 80-something American poet once asked me with considerable pathos...
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Latest UK news
Guildhall Students oppose merger plans Students at London Guildhall University are opposing its planned merger with the University of North London and are threatening occupations if they are not...
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From today's UK papers
Today's main story All students will be forced to pay a graduate tax under government plans to restore grants, in an embarrassing retreat from one of Labour's key education reforms. University...
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Latest international news
Vietnam minister predicts surge in college enrolments Enrolments at universities and colleges across Vietnam will surge by 20 per cent over the next four years, education...
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Latest international news
Brazil brings in race quotas Brazilian academics have hit out against government plans to combat discrimination against the country's black-skinned population, the largest outside Africa, by...
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From today's UK papers
The Times A full-scale review of university fees and loans has been ordered in an attempt to find the fairer system of student funding demanded yesterday by Tony Blair. Graham Zellick, vice-...
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Latest UK news
Quicker work permits for overseas students Overseas students who graduate in the United Kingdom will be able to apply for a work permit without leaving the country. This is one of the measures to be...