The foot and mouth epidemic may be past its peak but the lessons for research policymakers are fundamental. For decades, the United Kingdom had an Agricultural Research Council. The word "food" was...
As Britain's election focus turned to Europe, education ministers from the European Union and beyond last weekend nudged the Bologna process - shorthand for convergence of the Continent's higher...
Mark Wallinger struck a chord with his Ecce Homo in London's Trafalgar Square. Now he hopes to make his mark at the Venice Biennale, the most prestigious visual arts festival in the world. Helen...
The Rothermere American Institute at Oxford, which opens today, will host a global resource for American studies and be a welcoming home for visiting scholars, writes Alan Ryan. When former US...
Seeking total security, President Bush wants the US to build a national missile shield dubbed Son of Star Wars. The result, says Christoph Bluth, will be more insecurity for all. For the past four...
As many students struggle against poverty, Cherry Canovan gauges their attitudes towards political activism. The National Union of Students does not want students to vote for any particular party in...
Halls of residence to the corridors of power: John Davies reports on the interns who are cutting their teeth in Westminster. There was a time when American interns easily outnumbered their British...
OU boosts student enrolment Sudents enrolling at the Open University accounted for more than half the growth of undergraduate numbers last year. Undergraduate enrolments were up 2.4 per cent...
Leadership chair named after Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu, former archbishop of Cape Town, has had a chair in leadership development at the University of Pretoria named after him....
Financial Times A team at Edinburgh University has come up with a novel design for a tidal electricity generator. Scientists at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, have developed a ceramic foam that is...
Blunkett unveils cuddly Labour's education manifesto Secretary of state for education David Blunkett was unveiling Labour’s education manifesto at Southampton University today. Meanwhile, prime...
Amnesty urges Ethiopia to release academic Amnesty International has called on the Ethiopian government to free academic Mesfin Wolde-Mariam and fellow human rights activist Berhanu Nega, who were...
Financial Times Labour has pledged to create a university to improve the training and skills of health workers. Fiona Harvey says that Itanium, developed by Intel and Hewlett-Packard, is the first of...
Egyptian professor jailed A professor of political sociology at the American University of Cairo has been sentenced to seven years in prison for undermining the dignity of the state and related...
Financial Times The University of Bristol has produced a radio that can run for up to 2,000 hours on a single battery. The Guardian Many of the best degree courses in Britain are to be found at the...