US students to get bigger grants
Universities with highest fee increases are to be named and shamed, writes Jon Marcus
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Overseas briefing
South KoreaSeoul searching for studentsThe number of foreign students at South Korea's universities will rise by 100,000 if government targets are hit. The Ministry of Education, Science and...
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Criticism of student attitude at Harvard sparks outcry
John Gill reports on a debate in cyberspace about the culture at America's privileged seat of learning
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'Each student went about his or her daily life believing that he or she can and would change the world'
The following is a selection from the more than 110 comments posted on our website, timeshighereducation. co.uk, in reaction to John Summers's essay:"You mentioned a 'few shining exceptions', we are...
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Are good mixers badly served?
Journal editor calls for more respect and cash for interdisciplinary arts research. Zoe Corbyn reports
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20 years ago
Researchers from 200 colleges across America can now work simultaneously on a single project thanks to a new supercomputer network that came into operation last week. Linking six computer centres and...
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News in brief
Employer-partnered qualificationsRaising cash is key concernUniversities offering degrees in partnership with employers are more concerned about raising employer co-funding than quality assurance,...
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Think big to win a share of Europe's pot of gold
Early-career researchers with 'groundbreaking' work may earn an ERC windfall, reports Matt Rooney
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Grant winners
The Wellcome TrustThe 2008 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been announced. Subsequent to an initial offer of 20 awards, 17 newly qualified postdoctoral researchers have been selected...
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Clocking on
Misha Ahrens looks forward to spending the four years of his Henry Wellcome Fellowship studying our perception of time
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Appointments
Sir Timothy O'Shea has been appointed chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee, the body that manages the universities' computer network, from January. Currently principal and vice-chancellor...
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Progressively benighted
Jonathan Taylor posits that our emphasis on the advancement of knowledge can crush creativity
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Generation Y is wired up and ready for action so what's the problem?
Graham Manville and Gill Schiel outline the challenges institutions face harnessing the potential of this new whirlpool of talent
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Deus ex machinations
The precedents, the tear-stained notes, the wisdom of Solomon (The External): Frank Burnet wonders whatever happened to exam boards
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1,000 British academics given ratings on US website
Anxiety mounts as students offer their verdict on whether lecturers are hot. Rebecca Attwood reports