Scientists from more than 170 countries are beginning a boycott of scientific journals that they believe are overpriced and restrict access to their research, writes Caroline Davis. The Public...
Parliament puts Scots under scrutiny The civil service north of the border has become more accountable since the Scottish Parliament was set up, according to researchers at Glasgow Caledonian...
Concerns about accountability for taxpayers' money and quality control at Luton University have been raised by the university's in-house solicitor and pro vice-chancellor. In memos seen by The THES...
Lack of a single accreditation system for all degrees offered in the UK casts doubt over the value of some qualifications. Cherry Canovan reports. Now is the time of year when thousands of...
January I blame Kerry. If I had not visited my daughter during her gap year teaching in Nepal I would not, at 56, be jogging along in the dark, stepping miles on gym machines and walking the Brecons...
Being a rising star can be tricky. Stephen Twigg, made parliamentary secretary and deputy to the leader of the House of Commons after the last election, learnt some of the potential pitfalls this...
Prince Charles has become patron and Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden honorary president Glasgow School of Art . Wallace Pitcher, emeritus professor of geology and Leverhulme emeritus research fellow at...
Nice to know that a contributor to The THES opinion pages is prepared to put his money where his mouth is. When David Wells, professor in the School of Languages, Literature and Culture at Birkbeck...
A competition run by the World Intellectual Property Organisation for university students has attracted competition itself. Students were asked to write an essay addressing the question "What does...
Ah. How sweet. St Andrews University principal Brian Lang has had a tough few weeks, what with all the hysteria surrounding soon-to-be student Prince William and the allegations against Lang of...
Probably the world's most famous coffee pot has just percolated its last. Ten years ago, researchers at the University of Cambridge trained a camera on their coffee pot to ensure that those in other...
Channel Four news presenter Jon Snow is to take up the role of chancellor at Oxford Brookes University next Tuesday. He succeeds Baroness Kennedy. Nairn Wilson, president of the General Dental...
The complexities of holding nation-states legally responsible for atrocities, particularly those committed several generations ago, were demonstrated forcefully when African hopes of an apology and...
An outreach of the University of Namibia is helping to develop the new nation. Robert Kirby-Harris reports Namibia has made significant progress since independence in 1990 - the last African state to...
Wellington New Zealand's eight universities have frozen student fees for the second year running after the government stepped in with a one-off cash sweetener. Vice-chancellors had opposed a...