A shot across the bow
Publishers see every download of a pirate copy of a textbook as a sale lost. Now they are fighting back against the bookaneers, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Plan eyes incentives to help the economy
Mandelson's talk of sector raising skills in key economic areas worries leaders. John Gill reports
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University scholarships signal ‘new era’ in Anglo-Iraqi relations
In London, Prime Minister Maliki unveils a raft of initiatives to strengthen ties with the UK higher education sector, while in Basra, British forces withdraw. John Gill reports
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CBI queries skills plan
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has cast doubt on the Government's flagship policy to increase university- level skills in the workplace. Richard Lambert said businesses...
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Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America
Despite the American automobile industry's catastrophic decline in popularity, profits and market share, there has been no shortage of scholarly analyses of its historical importance. If pioneering...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaAssaults may batter marketA series of physical attacks on foreign students have left Australia dangerously close to sanctions that could lead to the collapse of its international student...
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Appointments
A former senior adviser to the Treasury, Caroline Barr, has been appointed the new head of policy at the Russell Group. As well as having held the post of senior policy adviser, Ms Barr also worked...
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Clean, safe - and competitive: EU research delivers cutting-edge solutions for cleaner, more efficient and eco-friendly industrial processes - media briefing 16 July
Brussels, June 2002 Media briefing on Clean Technologies Tuesday 16 July 2002 European Commission, Brussels and Scoribel SA, Feluy, Belgium, On 16 July, the European Commission will organise a one-...
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Focus on basic skills training not HE, say MPs
Committee cites downturn in calling for Government to drop participation targets. Hannah Fearn reports
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Those who mean business can boost their bottom line
The Technology Strategy Board has £1bn to invest in industry-focused R&D, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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Published this week
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- The Elephant In the Boardroom: The Causes of Leadership DerailmentBy Adrian Furnham, professor of psychology, University College London. Palgrave Macmillan, £25.00. ISBN...
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The future's bright for universities ... if they reinvent themselves
Mike Boxall argues that we must forget the certainties of the past if we are to make the most of the opportunities of the future
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The market charge
Did necessity or ideology drive thinking behind Browne and the CSR, and will unleashing student/consumer demand improve or imperil the sector? Simon Baker investigates
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Book of the week: Mothers and Others
Camilla Power finds emotional modernity is the legacy of co-operative breeding
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Western dominance of education under threat
The UK is retaining its share of the international student market, but for how long? Phil Baty reports