Animal rights ruling for Oxford
Oxford University has secured a landmark High Court ruling protecting its staff and contractors from intimidation by animal rights activists, writes Anna Fazackerley. An injunction granted on...
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Who got that job?
Paul Hannon Job advertised in The Times Higher , July 11 2003 Paul Hannon has become the first professor of incubation and enterprise at the University of Central England. He joined UCE from De...
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African virtual institute finds Australian partner
The African Virtual University is to expand its operations and offer places to students in 22 of the continent's countries, as part of a four-year partnership with RMIT University in Melbourne....
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African virtual institute finds Australian partner
The African Virtual University is to expand its operations and offer places to students in 22 of the continent's countries, as part of a four-year partnership with RMIT University in Melbourne....
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Latest research news
Pacemaker may avert epileptic seizures, say US researchers Scientists in America have developed a treatment for epilepsy which they say could help millions of people with the condition. Researchers...
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Today's news
Luther King archive retained by alma mater The archive of Martin Luther King will stay in his home city of Atlanta in the possession of his alma mater, Morehouse College, thanks to a last minute, $32...
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Tuition fees have variable effect on would-be students
Applications to Australian universities for 2005 have fallen sharply, but higher tuition fees due to be imposed at most institutions may not be to blame. Public universities in Western Australia have...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGNThe Cambridge Companion to GiottoEdited by Anne Derbes, professor of art at Hood College and Mark Sandona, professor of English, Hood CollegeCambridge University Press, ?18.99. ISBN...
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Today's news
20% pay claim will hurt students, universities say The "unreasonably high" pay claim by lecturers will leave less money for student facilities and bursaries, university employers said today. As the...
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Bio start-up is in the clear
Two complaints made against a biotechnology start-up company associated with the Australian National University have been rejected. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission found no...
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Recruiting body in crisis
Australia's main foreign-student recruiting company, already in financial turmoil, has been hit by the resignations of its chief executive and the chairman of its governing board and the loss of a...
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AVU shifts up a gear
A 91茄子S special report on the eve of a meeting of Africa's education ministers The African Virtual University will reach the end of its five-year pilot phase in the new year when it starts to offer...
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Let's throw away Greenaway
David Greenaway has failed to realise in his report to the Russell Group that public spending on higher education is at least as good an investment for the government as it is for the individual (...
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Scales of flesh sales
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Statistical myths give lie to white-paper policy
The government hasn't noticed, but access is expanding, and the case for fees is unsound, argues Tim Curtin As the period for consultation on the government's higher education white paper ends, two...