Losing a language to repair the past
English is usurping Afrikaans in South African universities. But, as Jennifer Wallace reports, some academics are resisting the demise of a language of oppression On top of the highest mountain in...
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'The students hang on every word, they're rapt'
Are visiting lecturers exploited part-timers or invaluable contacts with the world of work? Anne Sebba reports. Twice I have been a visiting lecturer. Never before or since have I faced such a well-...
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Three visiting lecturers explain their motivation
Thirty-four-year-old Robert Cole is investment editor at The Times and has taught financial journalism for two hours a week at City University, London, for the past six years. Cole, previously at The...
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Shaking down the Swiss
Politics professor Norman Finkelstein's controversial book accuses Jews of exploiting the Holocaust for profit. Tim Cornwell reports Fifty-five years on from the liberation of the concentration camps...
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Patently, we are getting much better
Can UK universities do more to exploit their ideas or is it British industry that is missing a trick? Ayala Ochert reports When Alexander Fleming discovered that the blue mould in his petri dish...
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Lima
Peru's university professors are pressing their government to subsidise the country's academic book publishers. Students are able to afford just one or two texts, often rendering course work...
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Bologna
A study of 43,717 students who graduated from 18 Italian universities last year has shown that 83 per cent were over 25 when they completed their studies. More than 73 per cent came from families...
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Dakar
Several hundred students at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, capital of Senegal, stormed the Romanian embassy in protest at the presence of Romanian ship Dorient Flower, which was stopped by...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
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Why I... sit on the fence about ghosts
Vic Tandy Experimental officer School of international studies and law Coventry University Almost everybody I know has some kind of ghost story to tell. I do not have anything against ghost stories...
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Online catand mouse
Student cheats are turning internet plagiarism into big business. Frank Furedi offers solutions. Busy academics have one more problem to worry about: internet plagiarism. For some time American...
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Readers' reactions
A fortnight ago in The THES... Brian Brivati suggested Oxford University should be scrapped or privatised. Geoffrey Thomas Director Department for continuing education University of Oxford For the...
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College pays for drop in quality
Stockport College has had funds withdrawn as a sanction against falling standards and quality controls on three courses, writes Phil Baty. A report from the Quality Assurance Agency this week reveals...
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In the Docks
(Photograph) - One of Ken Livingstone's first tasks as mayor of London was to attend the opening of the University of East London's Docklands campus. He is pictured with Lord Rix, the university's...
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Martin Harris
Sir Martin Harris, vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, attacked the government's lack of investment in higher education at a degree ceremony this week.