In the news
Jack McConnell, finance minister in the Scottish Parliament, is a former National Union of Students Scotland activist and a familiar, jocular figure on Scottish television. However, an error of...
Search
-
-
World watch
Free higher education in Kazakstan will come to an end this semester, due to swingeing cuts in funding. From September students will have to pay tuition fees of $700-1,000 a year. Interest-free loans...
-
World watch
Spanish students from poorer backgrounds are less likely to choose five-year degrees than their wealthier colleagues, according to a new report. The study, by two Granada University economists, shows...
-
World watch
An international team of 14 university professors has succeeded in reducing the tilt on the leaning tower of Pisa by seven millimetres - one more than expected at this stage. The excavations are...
-
World watch
The Royal Danish Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen and the Swedish Agricultural University in Malmo are collaborating in a Scandinavian horticulture course. The first of the 90...
-
Who the **** do you think?
As the 'American century' closes, the nation is engaged in a new bout of self-questioning, writes Harvey Kaye Do Americans ask questions of themselves and their fellow citizens more than do other...
-
Italy fears return to 'Years of lead'
Massimo D'Antona 51 law professor at Rome's La Sapienza University and key government adviser on labour relations, assassinated in a hit involving at least four people as he walked past the sociology...
-
Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Jean Aitchison asked whether standards of English were falling among computer-literate students Penny Garrod Research Officer Electronic Information Systems Office The...
-
How to ... Help stressed students cope
WHAT Nigel White suggests some techniques and strategies for university teachers faced with getting agitated and stressed students through vital exams WHY Many problem students need not be referred...
-
Eye witness
Last week's murder of a key government adviser on labour relations at Rome's La Sapienza University was claimed by the Red Brigades, the most important of the left-wing terrorist organisations active...
-
Coke or Pepsi? US universities choose their sponsor
American students about to graduate from secondary school face big choices at this time of year about the university they will attend: public or private, full-time or part-time, two-year or four-year...
-
Third of campuses opt out of compulsory student union fees
Controversial legislation has led students in a third of New Zealand's universities and polytechnics to throw out compulsory membership of their student unions. Student union leaders, however, have...
-
Caribbean v-c faces struggle for funds
A university jointly run by 14 English-speaking Caribbean countries has appointed to its top position a man who lists choreography as his profession. Recently inaugurated as vice-chancellor of the...
-
Professor turns to crime writing
Workmen laying foundations for a school of postgraduate studies at Barcelona's Autonomous University unearth human remains. Meanwhile, Pepita Sanch!s, professor of Catalan cultural anthropology,...
-
Serious play for Pounds 3.4m Euro learning project
The Institute of Education has joined a commercial and academic consortium in a Pounds 3.4 million European-funded project to develop a virtual playground for young children. IOE researchers are...