NZ's foreign students dissatisfied
Only one in three international students studying in New Zealand rates their education as good value for money, according to a report to the Ministry of Education. The findings were published as...
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We now have to build on our strong foundations
Foundation degrees have been in existence for only three years and yet they are already changing the landscape of higher education. Some 25,000 students are enrolled on about 800 courses at 100...
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Russell Group hug
The much-vaunted collaboration between Scottish higher education institutions was touchingly evident at last week's UK Bologna seminar, which included a ceilidh at Edinburgh Castle. Scotland's three...
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Blue-skies research
Forget cheap flights to Majorca, Oxbridge dons fed up with sitting on hot trains or in jams on the M25 have taken to chartering light planes between Cambridge and Oxford. James Dillion-Godfray,...
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Pillinger a true galáctico?
Space scientist Colin Pillinger is academia's answer to David Beckham, according to David Southall, director of science programmes at the European Space Agency. Having given Professor Pillinger a bit...
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Global unity on ice
If Cambridge's new Commonwealth Education Centre was meant to be a glowing example of international collaboration, then things aren't looking good. The Commonwealth Institute, which is funding the...
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Don's diary: crusades hit princeton
Out of cyberspace comes the invitation. Princeton University wants me. A conference titled "Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War" is being organised at Princeton's Cotsen Children's Library. I'...
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Why I... believe that software that prevents plagiarism prevents learning
The recent launch of a software package for plagiarism prevention suggests that its developers are either naive or bordering on evil. For once, the Big Brother cliche has been applied appropriately....
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We'd like to be America
Emulating US university funding schemes could cost UK academia dear, warns Colin Bundy. "I like to be in America! OK by me in America!" sang wide-eyed Anita in West Side Story . Similar enthusiasm...
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Dead end for vocational route?
Sub-degree qualifications are being sidelined to everyone's cost, Ewart Keep and Ken Mayhew say. There seem to be three key assumptions in the Government's plans for higher education expansion: that...
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No synthesis in academe's erratic orbits
Earth calling academics - you're light years away from a consensus about our mission, says Bob Brecher A central element of the way intellectual endeavour has traditionally been conceptualised is as...
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Jobwatch: Push for research cash
The University of East London is advertising for a research director to help staff secure the coveted funds that so often elude new universities. Chris Johnston reports. New universities continue to...
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Who got that job?
Anna Cox Lecturer in Ergonomics / human computer interaction University College London Job advertised in The Times Higher . October 17 2003 Academic interest in the way we use technology is growing...
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Jettison all the jargon and cut to the chase
Learners on foundation degrees at Teesside University won't stand for airy-fairy talk and have amazed tutors with their dedication. Tony Tysome reports. Foundation degrees are still a long way from...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Andrew James Stewart. Age: 32. Job: Lecturer in psychology, Manchester University. Salary: about £30,000. Qualifications: BSc (first class) and a PhD in...