In this month's Oxford Amnesty Lectures, Peter Singer argues for a United Nations consisting only of countries dedicated to democracy and preservation of human rights. For much of the past century it...
David Calvey took grave risks to research the life of a club bouncer. He spoke to Adam James. Dedicated clubbers will remember the ecstasy-energised era of "Madchester" in the 1990s. Some might also...
Theatre is helping Brazil's prison population to change... or escape for a while. Paul Heritage writes. The Brazilian composer Tom Jobim, who made the world swoon to the passing of that girl from...
Roy King has witnessed the inhuman conditions of the Brazilian prison where rioting inmates were killed this week. He spoke to Anne McHardy. This week's events in the House of Detention at Carandiru...
When universities link up with institutions abroad, they can get more than they bargained for. Matthew Chapman reports. When it comes to promoting their courses, United States higher education...
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Universities uncovered as arms investors Universities are major investors in the arms trade. Some 49 institutions held between them about 50 million shares in six companies making armaments...
FINANCIAL TIMES Princeton University, one of the most selective schools in the United States, is to give outright grants instead of loans to students on financial aid. GUARDIAN Lecturers' union...
Students are served infected meat The University of Malawi is investigating how meat infected with bovine tuberculosis was served to 500 students at its agricultural college. The students detected...
Female academics earn a fifth less than male colleagues Female academics earn almost 20 per cent less than their male colleagues, according to a survey by the Association of University...
Financial Times Cambridge University has released plans for a £2m "laboratory" for non-scientists that will give academics from other faculties the chance to brainstorm like scientists and...
Warning for US higher education Stanley O. Ikenberry, retiring president of the American Council on Education, warned this week that US higher education risks becoming a commodity, undermining...
£675 million windfall for research The first allocation from the government’s Science Research Investment Fund has divided £675 million between more than 100 English higher education institutions....
FINANCIAL TIMES Britain's electronics industry is losing a battle with the financial sector for talented graduates, a government-backed report will claim tomorrow. GUARDIAN Sixty-six per cent of...
UK urged not to ban Tamil Tigers Sri Lankan students have collected more than 50,000 signatures for a petition calling on Britain not to ban rebel Tamil Tigers, who have their international...