Debating Buckingham's fate
The Times Higher is shown making news as well as reporting it in selected government papers from the past 30 years released this week by the National Archives under the newly operative Freedom of...
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'Radioactive Scots' sparked contamination fears
Newly released records from the Scottish Office reveal that there was genuine fear in Sixties Scotland that radioactive Scots - guinea pigs for radiation therapy - could be at large and contaminating...
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Search for ET to start on Earth
Cardiff University researchers have designed and manufactured a "life detector" that will be used by Nasa scientists this year in their search for proof that extraterrestrial life exists. A prototype...
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Study: give lift to part-timers
Government support for part-time students should take account of the "onerous extra costs" they face in lost income, travelling and childcare, according to research. A detailed study of the income...
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Maldives get US input on Islamic law
Most law students spend their time writing case studies of hypothetical legal problems. But an assignment at the University of Pennsylvania Law School was a little more practical - helping to draft...
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Serb students hit in row over rector
Students at the University of Kosovska Mitrovica are caught in the middle of a political battle between two governments - and the United Nations. The UN Mission in Kosovo objects to the installation...
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Turkey's opposition stymies bid for headscarves amnesty
An amnesty for more than 50,000 students expelled from Turkish universities has been blocked by opposition politicians who fear it is part of a plan to lift the ban on wearing religious dress on...
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Medics rush to victims' aid
Academics and medical students are at the forefront of Sri Lanka's relief operation as survivors of last week's Indian Ocean tsunamis struggle with disease, food shortages and lack of shelter. Within...
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Tsunami: Missing and dead on Sri Lankan campuses
* Eastern University of Sri Lanka : Daughter of the dean of arts and eight members of the family of one employee dead; eight students dead * South Eastern University: A labourer and families of four...
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Academic breaks rank to urge increase in fees
An Israeli government committee is due to reopen the issue of tuition fees three years after a never-implemented proposal that they should be halved. But even before it has started work, the...
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Paris seeks to ease capital's chronic shortage of housing
The bedsit in north Paris awaits its first tenant. It is spacious enough to entertain a few friends, and is furnished with the basics: bed, desk, chair, shelves, built-in wardrobe, kitchenette...
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Oddball heroes on the left-field of dreams
Take scientific mavericks to your hearts in Einstein Year, for it is to them that we owe our progress, says Simon Singh This week is the start of Einstein Year, marking the centenary of Albert...
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Gary Day
Training will still be the order of the day in 2005, says a man who has been trained to speak pap and say 'no' to fun Well, it's all over. Christmas, new year and the career of David Blunkett, a...
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My revolting past
Becoming an Essex girl was an act of pure rebellion, recalls Ruth Lister, professor of public policy Opting for Essex University was Ruth Lister's "first real act of rebellion". After finishing at...
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Moany unhappy returns
Complaining is so ingrained in some academics that not even Christmas can halt their moaning. The newly merged Manchester University sent all its staff a present to thank them for their patience and...