Blair's capital hearing aides
With the election of new Labour, has Oxford's traditional role as a source of political advice diminished? Harriet Swain asks if the LSE is 'the new Oxford' Good news, academics. Your country needs...
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Cerebral escape for sex workers
Anne Sebba reports on a degree course that has prostitutes turning student instead of turning tricks Two nights a week, three women drive a little Suzuki van around the poorest streets of...
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Smoke-free zone
(Photograph) - Ian Fleming's photograph was one of 300 laid out on the lawn at Magdalen College, Cambridge, this week as part of an art installation for national No Smoking Day. The pictures were all...
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In the news
Howard Newby's election as president of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals last year brought widespread expectations of change. Described as a "visionary" and "thinker", he has long...
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Brno
Czech police detained several people after two men hurled eggs at United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright after she told an audience at Tomas Masaryk University that defence of common...
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Greenville,South Carolina
Bob Jones University, where Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush caused controversy by visiting without dissociating himself from its alleged racist and anti-Catholic attitudes, is to end...
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University reforms loom
Autonomy could be under threat as Whitehall considers reviewing universities' constitutions to ensure tougher procedures for student complaints and appeals. A confidential paper by the Quality...
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Volunteer learning on the increase
More and more students are volunteering to work in local communities as part of their degree programmes, according to a report by the recently launched Council for Citizenship and Learning in the...
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More staff needed to check for stolen art
University museums face an uphill struggle in checking their collections for works of art stolen during the Holocaust and second world war because of a lack of staff and resources. The task,...
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QAA to crack down on cheats
Universities must set clear guidelines on students' use of material downloaded from the internet, under a new draft code of practice on student assessment, writes Phil Baty. The Quality Assurance...
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Degrees make students middle class
Graduates from lower socioeconomic groups develop middle class tendencies if they successfully complete higher education, a study has found. The work compared the characteristics of graduates and non...
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Safety is flouted in chemistry culture
A culture of bravado in some university chemistry laboratories is leading to worrying breaches of health and safety procedures. An apparent lack of concern among staff in a number of departments has...
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Scots fight new contracts
Almost 1,500 lecturers in Scotland's new-university sector went on strike this week as part of their campaign to force institutions to abandon new contracts said by management to offer "efficiency,...
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Design and dance benefit from facilities fund
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has earmarked Pounds 74 million for the improvement of poor university estates. The money will be shared between 31 projects over three years,...
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Pisa
Italy's biographical dictionary of prominent Italians includes a first-time entry for Giovanni Gentile. The fascist politician and philosopher is a former education minister who taught at the...