Let's get together
The British Library needs to find creative partners if it is to be useful,says John Ashworth. This summer, when the last of the collections moves into the new St Pancras building, the British Library...
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Why I... believe the government's plans for a right to roam do not go far enough
Marion Shoard is visiting lecturer in environmental planning, University College London. Her latest book, A Right to Roam, is published by Oxford University Press at Pounds 8.99. The key thing that...
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The poor folks back home
Tuition fees and the loss of grants can limit poor students' choice of employment, say Rick Audas and Peter Dolton. Charging tuition fees and phasing out maintenance grants could rob people from...
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British struggle with innovation
Many British firms are struggling with what innovation means despite almost universal recognition that it is critical to making companies and nations more competitive, according to a newly published...
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Money to market the best business ideas
With the Pounds 45 million University Challenge Fund now allocated, successful bidders are fast developing their business plans. Julia Hinde reports. Christmas has come early for 15 university...
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Reversing the brain drain in Spain
Spain is luring scientists back from abroad with temporary contracts but there are not enough jobs. Rebecca Warden reports from Barcelona. Spain has never had so many highly trained scientists...
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Assault on turbulence
Scientists at the Isaac Newton Institute are spending six months trying to solve what Einstein dubbed the ultimate scientific problem - turbulence. Julian Hunt reports. If you like to puzzle about...
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Burmese dissidents mourn professor
A decade after fleeing across Burma's borders following the popular uprising against military rule in 1988, student exiles in Thailand, India, Bangladesh and China are still carrying a torch for the...
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Teach-only contract threat
The Association of University Teachers has condemned Loughborough University for plans to downgrade staff contracts to improve its research assessment exercise performance. A circular from the AUT...
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Agony Aunt
My department wants to close a three-year course because of a drop in student demand. The problem is we have about 20 students halfway through the first year. What would be the legal position if we...
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Impressed by 'helpful' staff
David Jobbins reports on the South African connection in the second part of a survey on global student mobility Mncedisi Mayekiso studied at Cape Town before enrolling on an MBA in marketing at the...
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Soros eyes North Korea
Moscow The George Soros-backed Central European University in Budapest is hoping to build on links forged with North Korea to offer masters' courses in economics and international relations to...
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Pounds 7.5 million package to help part-time higher education students
* Scottish secretary Donald Dewar has announced a Pounds 7.5 million package to help part-time higher education students.
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Mandela scholars come to Britain
David Jobbins reports on the South African connection in the second part of a survey on global student mobility Last September, ten South African students arrived in Britain on the first Nelson...
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Union asks for fairer research funding
Lecturers' union Natfhe is pressing for a "fairer" share of research funding for new universities. In a meeting with science minister Lord Sainsbury this week Natfhe said teaching quality could be...