Secrecy key to safety system
Rail travel across the country could become safer, thanks to a confidential reporting system pioneered by Strathclyde University, writes Olga Wojtas. The national scheme is based on the Confidential...
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Ancient plots with royal ties waylay chapel access efforts
Conservationists are fighting a Durham college's plan to improve access to a local church that it uses as a chapel because it could disturb the graves of the Queen Mother's ancestors, writes Nigel...
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Ministers pull confusing leaflet on flagship ILAs
Ministers have had to withdraw misleading information about individual learning accounts after The THES pointed out that account-holders had been given the false impression that they were entitled to...
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Scientists can set sail with NERC's offer of free ship time
A life on the ocean waves will be "free" for researchers. The Natural Environment Research Council is so concerned at the dramatic decline in demand for time on its ships that it is going to provide...
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Bars to study cause offence
Why are some prisons cutting classroom budgets when education has been shown to prevent re-offending? Claire Sanders looks at what the chief inspector of prisons has to say When General Sir David...
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Let the pay fight begin
Whatever happened to the proposals made in the Bett report? asks Chris Kaufman. Hostilities have been declared between university staff and employers after attempts to impose pay "awards" before...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES Zachary Leader called on Eric Robinson to relinquish his control over the copyright of poet John Clare * Nick Groom Senior lecturer in English University of Bristol Eric...
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Post-16 chiefs fight the gloom traders
Further education leaders have accused ministers and quality watchdogs of using new post-16 area inspections to "knock" colleges. Press releases issued by the Department for Education and Employment...
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Germany says no to simplified spelling
German university professors have joined the rebellion against new spelling rules for the German language, which were agreed two years ago in German-speaking countries. The Deutsche Hochschulverband...
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Inquiry into job fixing after whistle is blown
The carabinieri, Italy's para-military police, are investigating allegations of job fixing at the University of Cassino. Inquiries centre on allegations that a teaching position was filled without...
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How the baccalaureat has moved forward
When Napoleon Bonaparte introduced the baccalaureat in 1809, 31 bacheliers graduated in literature, science, medicine, law and theology. This June a record 644,128 candidates sat the exam to qualify...
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Congress cash for colleges
Mindful of the imminent elections, incumbent congressmen anxious to impress the folks back home - including faculty, students, parents and loyal alumni - have showered a record windfall in government...
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Human rights group calls for release of academics
Human rights campaigners have attacked the Egyptian government for its failure to reopen a social science research institute and release several of its staff who have been detained since the...
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Human Rights Watch condemn Tunisian authorities
Human Rights Watch also condemned the Tunisian authorities for sacking Moncef Marzouki, a prominent human rights activist, from his post as professor of medicine at the University of Sousse. He...
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Labor promises extra funding
ߣߣÊÓƵ's vice-chancellors, academics and students have welcomed a commitment by the opposition Labor Party to boost spending on universities when it is next in government. Delegates attending...