Correction
The publisher of A History of Modern British Adult Education, reviewed on February 21, is the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, not the National Organisation for Adult Learning, as...
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How to rule the masses
Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia
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Great leap to the market
China The Big Tiger
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Crises of identity and accuracy
State and Civil Society in Pakistan
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First Impressions
This week's First Impressions comes from an author who travelled a political road that led to a famous cul-de-sac: "My first distinct memory is of traffic." Entries to First Impressions, The THES,...
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The tanks that think
Simon Midgley reports on Demos in the latest in our series on intelligence units Demos, an independent think tank, was set up in 1993 to help reinvigorate public policy and political thinking. Geoff...
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A voyager on well versed seas
Was Keats a political poet? Biographer Andrew Motion, who recently retraced Keats's 1820 voyage to Naples, certainly thinks so \ If you think poets and writers keep irregular hours and lead feckless...
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Chain gangs
Lock up your gold chains. US-style mayors may be about to hit our cities Tony Blair has hit the headlines by arguing for powerful, directly elected mayors, along the American model, to become part of...
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Abortion advice ban is lifted
The Irish Supreme Court has lifted a five-year ban restraining student unions from distributing abortion information. The lifting of the ban has been welcomed by union leaders who said that it...
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Research papers
Research papers relating to the stories on this page (where indicated) can be found through THESIS, The THES Internet serviceis available at: http://thesis.newsint.co.uk newsint.co.uk
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Macao is ticked off
Beijing has rebuked Macao for planning a new college affiliated to a Portuguese university. Macao, which since 1976 has been legally a "special territory" of China under Portuguese administration, is...
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Black injustice
YOUNG black offenders have suffered tougher treatment from police and judges than their white equivalents, according to research. A five-year study found they were both more likely to be acquitted in...
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Pusher bounty pays for drug research
DRUG dealers are to fund research at Teesside University, albeit indirectly and involuntarily. Money from the Cleveland police fund based on seized dealers' assets has been used to endow a prize for...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/6 reveal that: 11.4 per cent of the student population came from overseas to study in the United Kingdom compared with 10.4 per cent in 1994...
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Student solidarity
(Photograph) - Student solidarity: Thames Valley University has suspended planned disciplinary action against 32 lecturers in dispute over workloads. About 500 students lobbied the university in...