Entry exams abolished
Entry exams for would-be Greek university students have been controversially abolished in favour of the combined grades of the last two classes in secondary school, writes Makki Marseilles. The...
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Finns rein in postgrad business
Finland is tightening up on the standards of mushrooming professional postgraduate courses. There are up to 500 specialist university and polytechnic programmes with close to 150,000 students but...
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Bribes pave student's path to legal career
Oleg is a gold medallist who graduated from school last month with a "red diploma" for excellence. This month he took his university entrance exams and again passed with flying colours. In September...
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Oz gets tough on visa abuse
More than 3,000 foreign students overstayed their visas in Australia last year, raising fears that some students are using their enrolments in education institutions as a means to remain permanently...
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Lit-crit hits the screen
Colin MacCabe argues that lecturers should use film adaptations to help students understand literary classics. The language of pre-20th century English literature is now almost impossible to read for...
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How to ... Learn in the community
WHAT David Hall and Irene Hall explain how students can use research skills to help voluntary bodies WHY Students discover some real-world applications for what they have learned and charities...
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Media manipulation
(Photograph) - digital montage "Blessed are the peacemakers" by Mark Evans, a multimedia student from the University of Hertfordshire, on show at the New Designers Exhibition in London last week. www...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Andrew Pakes's article implies that Birkbeck College, London, is an example of worst practice in the way it deals with student complaints. Lucy Reed President Birkbeck...
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Genoa
A professor of surgical anatomy at the University of Genoa has been arrested for alleged Mafia involvement in money laundering and fraud. Erminio Cariati is accused of a money laundering operation...
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Sources for research funds
SIR ROBERT MENZIES CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES www.austudies.org/menzies/ Northcote Graduate Scholarships Scholarships are to enable students resident in the United Kingdom to undertake a higher...
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What's up postdoc?
A survey shows that physics PhDs on short-term contracts get a raw deal. Alison Goddard reports Career Paths of Physics Postdoctoral Research Staff is published by the Institute of Physics. Postdocs...
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Agony aunt
Q A colleague proposes to award first-class honours to a borderline student with whom he is having an affair. I expect the decision to be challenged but I do not know if I should reveal what I know...
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Lifelong learners will profit from devolution
Devolution is opening up "a new and positive era" for Scottish further and higher education, according to Henry McLeish, Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr...
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Home rung
(Photograph) - Aberdeen University chaplain Gillean MacLean with the last surviving original bell from King's College Chapel. The 234-year-old bell is one of 13 that were sold during an 18th-century...
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Inquiry stalls Quigley report
Sir George Quigley has suspended his inquiry into the impact of fourth-year Scottish tuition fees because of a potential clash with Scotland's own investigation into student finance. The Quigley...