A Canadian programme called Cybermoms has been providing support for teenage mothers and helping them develop social networks. It also seems to be improving their literacy skills. The programme was...
Trainee teachers struggle with maths The number of trainee teachers who fail their compulsory maths test is soaring, it was claimed today. The failure rate at Brighton University has leapt from 3 per...
China claims academic is spy China has accused a Hong Kong-based academic of spying for Taiwan. Li Shaomin, professor of business studies at Hong Kong's City University, is originally from China but...
University of Surrey Angela Kane has been appointed head of the department of dance studies from September 1. Lectureships J. Clark , former PhD student at Reading University, school of electronics,...
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation In recognition of his past achievements in research, the Foundation has elected chemist John Nixon , professor at the University of Sussex to receive a Research...
London Guildhall University and the University of North London plan to merge creating a 25,000 student body, one of the largest in the country. The two institutions announced plans this week for...
NEWS Election 2001: constituencies and candidates; Two v-cs reposition their universities FEATURES Mark Wallinger talks to Helen Hague about the politics of art and the Venice Biennale BOOKS Patrick...
Financial Times Labour plans a radical expansion of its United States-style scheme for gifted children, with up to 150,000 of the brightest pupils linked to university-based talent academies. There...
Teaching assessments may be phased out and quality measured solely by institution-wide audits. This was expected to be the focus of discussions between vice-chancellors, funding chiefs and the...
A farewell service to mark the closure of the Ripon campus of the University College of Ripon and York St John is to be boycotted by the city's mayor. Councillor Paul Freeman has turned down an...
European surgeons' earliest efforts to repair cleft lips, one of the most common congenital abnormalities, were recorded by some of the Renaissance's greatest artists. A study by scholars from...
Sean Farren, Northern Ireland's minister for higher and further education, plans to investigate whether the province needs a quota system to ensure access by disadvantaged groups. Northern Ireland...
Week One Stretched out on the beach at the Radisson Plaza, awaiting our survey ship's arrival in Port Louis, Mauritius, we guiltily justify our last glimpse of paradise before our month's...
Academics are under pressure to contribute towards the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa but state funds are limited and universities and academics have to look elsewhere for extra cash....
Andrew Hindmarsh and Bernard Kingston cast a critical eye over the league tables published today When it comes to league tables, people rarely sit on the fence. In university press releases they are...