The correct reaction to the controversy over potentially contaminated baby milk is over-reaction, such as the withdrawal of all relevant products from sale, a risk expert said this week, writes...
Cambridge University's decision to accept Pounds 1.6 million from tobacco giant BAT Industries for an international relations professorship is to be put to the vote of the 3,000 dons. The vice...
The Antithesis prize ... well, er accolade ... for the most inventive and charming invitation to art and design degree shows this year so far goes to Camberwell College of Arts, part of the London...
(Photograph) - Peace studies: PLO leader Yasser Arafat addressed the Oxford Union this week, attracting the biggest audience of the year so far. He reserved judgement on Binyamin Netanyahu, who won...
Four celebration cakes in honour of the four Cluster satellites lay uncut at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's launch party in Oxford on Tuesday. The 200 guests had watched a live screening of the...
How a concept such as "Cezanne" is transformed into a knitting pattern is the subject of a project just launched by the Open University. Researchers aim to find out where designers get their...
The number of foreigners studying in China has trebled since 1991 to more than 37,000, according to the State Education Commission. Of these, 4,100 students from 147 countries were granted Chinese...
Frank Webster argues (THES, May 24) that the increased use of assessment via course work rather than by examination can be interpreted to mean that standards have not fallen. However, what this...
Thirty years ago, it would have been difficult to travel around Western Europe speaking only English. This is not true today. In fact, the standard of English among the educated in some of these...
Sir Ron Dearing's committee of inquiry into higher education is to gather a small team of advisers and may commission original research to back up its investigations. After its first two meetings,...
Two hundred further education colleges in England are to receive more than Pounds 19 million from the Government's Competitiveness Fund to help meet local skill needs, James Paice, the education and...
(Photograph) - Tooled up: Jonathan Mills, a BA Hons industrial design student at Hallam University, displays a DIY power drill - part of his degree show
Students on "fast-track" degree courses tend to out-perform their peers on traditional undergraduate programmes, a study has concluded. But they are also more likely to drop out, or to have problems...
Dundee will be the first Scottish centre offering laser treatment for corneal diseases through the National Health Service following the appointment of Charles McGhee as Dundee University's first...
An attempt to defuse the debate in Germany over tuition fees by the Gutersloh- based Centre for Higher Education Development provoked noisy student protests this month. Students demonstrated their...