A double first for brains and brawn
The growth of sports education should be good news for Britain's international aspirations. But can students honestly combine academe with success on the track or field? Tom Davies reports Sports...
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Look sharp, spot the signs
Jennifer Currie talks to a mother whose student daughter died of meningitis before the government's vaccination programme was put in place Primary teacher Rita Harries was at school when the call...
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Outreach can give sex advice too
Promoting awareness of meningitis among students can be a springboard, enabling counsellors to talk to students about other concerns - from sex and drugs to stress and mental health. In halls of...
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Oz student skills put to the test
Melbourne ߣߣÊÓƵn university students are in for a testing time, with about a third of universities expected to take part in initial trials of the federal government's new graduate skills...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES... Andrew Pakes argued that students should be allowed to claim housing benefit Hillary Shaw Geography postgraduate University of Leeds I do think students should be able to...
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Publish and be damned
Do you think you could restrain the urge to publish whatever Graham Zellick and Don Staniford send you? J Karczewski-Slowikowski Academic registrar Manchester Metropolitan University
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Colleges warn of inspectors'double trouble
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds The Association of Colleges warns that involving two different agencies in inspecting the same provision in the same classrooms...
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World watch
Turin Polytechnic is offering Italy's first degree course in automobile engineering. Four women are among the 60 students enrolled on the five-year course, which is the result of a joint project by...
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World watch
Italy's largest trade union for university workers has called an official national strike in support of more than 1,500 lettori, following the breakdown of negotiations for a new national contract.
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Industry training bodies views of the white paper
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds Industry training bodies see the white paper as a chance for radical reform of the principles behind lifelong learning. The...
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Students pleased with their stake
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds Students welcome the white paper's stress on coherence. The National Union of Students is pleased about the creation of a...
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Let them eat cake
Is there no end to the inequality inherent in Oxford colleges? The latest Oxford Magazine carries the shocking disclosure that while some colleges provide puddings for fellows at Senior Common Room...
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Don's diary
Thursday In Bournemouth the political biography launch season is in full swing. The Labour Party conference has everything from Glenda Jackson's story through to the Dictionary of Labour Quotations....
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Prostitution rife on Thai campuses
BANGKOK A team of undercover agents has been dispatched by Thailand's parliament to investigate reports of rampant prostitution at Bangkok's universities. Claims by two campus newspapers at Thammasat...
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Keen to lend a gland
More than 850 eager freshers have volunteered to take part in a study at the University of Edinburgh on glandular fever. The study, to find out why the illness is so common among students and why...