As The THES turns 30, Simon Jenkins and Tariq Ali review three turbulent decades within and without academia. Thirty years ago an entire generation refused to accept the permanent insignificance of...
Thirty years ago there were eight of us on The THES editorial staff and we had been given two years to get into profit - which we did much earlier. Still today, when I pick up The THES , instinct...
Californian university students, faculty and staff who have been convicted of sex offences will from 2002 have to register with campus police under a state law. Law enforcement officials applauded...
John Harwood, chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council, has defended his comments on a radio programme about "unacceptable" and "appalling" standards in further education. But he apologised...
Scotland's five medical schools are to jointly explore a revolutionary approach to medical training using the latest advances in e-learning and technology. The Scottish Higher Education Funding...
Scottish universities are to reject all quality inspection in the next academic year and are calling for a United Kingdom-wide suspension of external quality assurance until late 2003. The move...
BSE blunder leaves consumers in doubt Scientists at the Institute of Animal Health in Edinburgh, who have been trying to find out if BSE has infected sheep, have mistakenly been testing the brains of...
Oz IT is 'paying price for fund cuts' Australia is performing "abysmally" in information technology because of university funding cuts, heads of engineering at the country's eight leading research...
Scientists in key BSE tests used wrong animal brains An inquiry has been launched into how a crucial experiment into whether BSE has infected sheep fell apart in disarray after an astonishing mix-up...
• University of Melbourne The following awards have been made: The Chemeca Medal , jointly awarded by the Institution of Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Institution of Chemical Engineers in...
It wasn't just science James Watson hotly pursued, says Ian Wilmut. I am among the thousands of budding scientists who read the first volume of James Watson's autobiography, The Double Helix , to...
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