NAIROBI The University of Nairobi has crippling debts of more than Pounds 13 million and creditors have threatened to withdraw services until they are paid. The local power-generating company has...
(Photograph) - Ian Netton with a pair of boots that are among artefacts in a collection at the University of Leeds's new centre of Mediterranean studies. The centre will offer a masters degree from...
Sunday God - it is tough today. A white-out all day and with no sun to navigate, we have to stop and check the compass regularly to ensure we do not go off course. The snow has the consistency of...
Official figures from a databank that links 13 Italian universities show that 56 per cent of 1998 graduates found employment within one year of graduating, a 3.4 per cent rise over the previous year.
MELBOURNE An academic acted as an assessor in the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organisation's (Wipo) first decision on an Australian "cyber-squatting" dispute. The dispute, which...
The Academia Europaea and the European Science Foundation have called for continued and new investment in a high bandwidth computer network in Europe. The joint statement urges the national...
External consultants have been brought in to address weaknesses in the Further Education Funding Council's computer systems, following a report by the chief auditor.
Oxford University has committed Pounds 150 million to 14 building or refurbishment programmes under a millennium project. Plans include a Pounds 60 million chemistry building and the Wellcome Trust...
Enthusiastic amateurs are vital for science, say the experts. Now a pro-am dating agency is on the cards. Steve Farrar reports They are among the unsung heroes of science but the hour of the amateur...
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY www.rgs.org Gilchrist Expedition...
Q I'm a PhD research student and my head of department has off-loaded a lot of teaching on me. I need the money but I need more training and guidance. Where can I turn for help? A Ann J. Kettle...
WHAT Kate Exley takes a practical look at science and engineering undergraduates' work WHY Many students complain that they are fed up with 'following cook books' and want to be the chef HOW....
Rinchinnyam Amarjargal, Mongolia's prime minister, has received an honorary degree from the University of Bradford. Patrick Dowling, vice-chancellor and chief executive of the University of Surrey,...
England's richest university will have an income per student more than 12 times greater than that of the country's poorest institution. The funding allocations, announced yesterday by the Higher...
Men with degrees earn about 15 per cent more than male non-graduates and women earn 35 per cent more than female non-graduates, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies. Compared with their male...