In the swim
(Photograph) - In the swim: Matthew Crabb, a sports scholarship student at Coventry University, has been chosen as a member of the Great Britain Paralympic Squad for the Paralympic Games in Sydney....
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South Africa's former black campuses set to merge
Many of South Africa's historically black higher education institutions may be absorbed by neighbouring universities if changes recommended by a government-appointed task team are implemented. The...
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Lima
Peru's university professors are pressing their government to subsidise the country's academic book publishers. Students are able to afford just one or two texts, often rendering course work...
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Bologna
A study of 43,717 students who graduated from 18 Italian universities last year has shown that 83 per cent were over 25 when they completed their studies. More than 73 per cent came from families...
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Dakar
Several hundred students at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, capital of Senegal, stormed the Romanian embassy in protest at the presence of Romanian ship Dorient Flower, which was stopped by...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
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Why I... sit on the fence about ghosts
Vic Tandy Experimental officer School of international studies and law Coventry University Almost everybody I know has some kind of ghost story to tell. I do not have anything against ghost stories...
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Online catand mouse
Student cheats are turning internet plagiarism into big business. Frank Furedi offers solutions. Busy academics have one more problem to worry about: internet plagiarism. For some time American...
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Readers' reactions
A fortnight ago in The THES... Brian Brivati suggested Oxford University should be scrapped or privatised. Geoffrey Thomas Director Department for continuing education University of Oxford For the...
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College pays for drop in quality
Stockport College has had funds withdrawn as a sanction against falling standards and quality controls on three courses, writes Phil Baty. A report from the Quality Assurance Agency this week reveals...
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In the Docks
(Photograph) - One of Ken Livingstone's first tasks as mayor of London was to attend the opening of the University of East London's Docklands campus. He is pictured with Lord Rix, the university's...
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Martin Harris
Sir Martin Harris, vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, attacked the government's lack of investment in higher education at a degree ceremony this week.
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Where next as hopes of extra look blighted?
Bitter words from Manchester University's vice-chancellor, former head of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, at this week's degree ceremony. Even those who believed working with...
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Course and lodging offered to refugees
Plymouth College is offering free courses to the 500 asylum-seekers who have taken refuge in the city. If they take up the offer, they will be entitled to student housing.
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E-college may face delays
A row over which business model to pursue for the e-university threatens to delay its establishment, which is scheduled for early next year, writes Alison Goddard. A meeting of the steering group...