Although ethnic minorities are overrepresented in higher education they are still thin on the ground in old universities, says Trevor Phillips, and top-up fees will only widen this inequality. Having...
On his first day, PR maven Ted Prince sees his boss turn the downhill slide of a French farce into a wild success. The first day in any new job can be a challenge. But it's especially daunting when...
Empires are built for a variety of motives -a quest for wealth, an urge to dominate, a wish to impose order on haphazard conquest, even a desire to do good. But, says Hugh Thomas, they do share one...
With doctoral supervision set to undergo radical change, Chris Bunting kicks off a THES series tracking four students over the duration of their research. The PhD thesis was so awful that there...
Jane Suter is unusually focused for a doctoral student. She has a very clear idea of her direction of research -which may take only two years -and a distinction in her MSc means that she is well...
Russian Alisa Chukanova has just arrived at Southampton University to start her PhD and is feeling hopeful about a future in UK academia: "I just came yesterday. My first impression is very good. If...
Helen Taylor's commitment to refugee causes gives her PhD in refugee studies at the University of East London the air of a personal mission. "This is a crucial field, especially with the negative...
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
A unique centre studying the impact of floods on people is at risk if funding is concentrated. Anna Fazackerley reports What happens to flood victims in the UK when the water levels have gone down...
Although ethnic minorities are overrepresented in higher education they are still thin on the ground in old universities, says Trevor Phillips, and top-up fees will only widen this inequality. Having...
On his first day, PR maven Ted Prince sees his boss turn the downhill slide of a French farce into a wild success. The first day in any new job can be a challenge. But it's especially daunting when...
Empires are built for a variety of motives -a quest for wealth, an urge to dominate, a wish to impose order on haphazard conquest, even a desire to do good. But, says Hugh Thomas, they do share one...
So the Quality Assurance Agency has decreed that it will endorse the standard of degrees awarded by London Business School and Cambridge University only if the institutions act on its recommendations...
If the government introduces baccalaureate-style diplomas, let's hope it investigates A-level boards ("Bac may force change to degrees", THES , October 24). Universities have to deal not only with...
Andrew Sanders complains (Letters, THES , October 17) that "academic freedom and intellectual depth in law school programmes are grossly compromised because of interference from professional bodies...