New Delhi
Indian teachers' organisations have asked the government to stop "growing political interference" in universities by political parties alleged to be dispensing "patronage" in violation of University...
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Accra
Student leaders in Ghana have said they will continue demonstrations against a 100 per cent fee increase when universities begin a new session in a few weeks. More than 10,000 students clashed with...
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Pisa
A new Italian law threatens purchasers of graduation theses with a prison sentence of at least six months if the offence is discovered after graduation. Notice of the offence must also go on public...
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Great minds fly south
Introducing a profile of Canadian research, Philip Fine looks at why the country's best brains are heading for the US. Overleaf, he reports on other diverse projects The argument in Canada over the...
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The bridge builders no longer need to guess at the stress
A project placing sensors in piers of the 13-kilometre Confederation Bridge to learn about structural strains has drawn international interest That oldest of engineering feats, the building of a...
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Immigration study is uniting community
The government is spending Can$8 million to examine how immigrants from very different backgrounds and countries integrate into society Does being part of a church congregation make integration into...
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The magician of body plumbing
Francois Auger is taking cell biology to new levels by coaxing cells to do the work for him In 1991, Francois Auger was told that it was impossible to build an artificial blood vessel. Undeterred, he...
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Alas poor Yorick, I know his age to the nearest five years
Henry Schwarcz's dating service is much in demand to fix the age of artefacts, including human skulls. One could say that Henry Schwarcz has become a geologist-for-hire. Having produced the strongest...
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Cutting edge
Lorne Tyrrell saw his idea for a treatment for hepatitis B through from conception to introduction Hepatitis B virus is a common infection worldwide that causes acute or chronic infections. There are...
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The fallacy of facts
It is all very well cramming students' heads full of facts but, argues Alison Utley, society and the world of work would be better served by teaching them how to think critically. As fields of...
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Computer programs can catch out copycat students but the smart internet plagiarist is still difficult to detect
You have 200 students in your year group. They are all connected to each other by email. They are all connected to the internet. They are all intelligent. How can you be sure that their intelligence...
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Star turn
Fashion industry wannabes give up the summer sun for a crash course with a professional designer, writes Jennifer Currie. Summer and school may be the last two words you would expect to hear an...
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Are we missing the mark?
Percentages? Grades? A mixture of the two? Paul Bridges wonders, is our marking system really fair? Is our marking fair? We would like to think so. We devote care to the design of assessments in...
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Helpline proves unhelpful
The 750,000 potential students who have called the government's Learning Direct telephone helpline have been given "out of date or incomplete" information, college leaders have warned. As little as a...
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Serb anger at UN's 'passivity'
The international community has failed to prevent Serbian academics and students from being "driven out of their homes and expelled from Kosovo", Jagos Zelenovic, rector of the Belgrade-backed Serb-...