History in making
The television series House of Cards - which confronted viewers with the image of Ian Richardson turning a picture of Margaret Thatcher face down with the words "Some day even the greatest reign must...
The television series House of Cards - which confronted viewers with the image of Ian Richardson turning a picture of Margaret Thatcher face down with the words "Some day even the greatest reign must...
(Photograph) - Flying the flag: former French minister Edith Cresson (right), now European commissioner for education, at the Paris launch of the Socrates programme with (left to right) Gustavo...
A decision by Lithuania's left-wing government to reinstate the diplomas issued by Communist Party colleges during the Soviet era could prove embarrassing to future academic contacts, according to...
Poor graduate job prospects rather than dissatisfaction with universities is the main reason for Germany's alarmingly high student drop-out rate, a government-commissioned report concludes. A report...
Polish universities, overgoverned by generations of academics tied to a rigid career structure, should be opened up to professionals with management experience, according to the first Organisation of...
In 1987, a group of visionary South African intellectuals, business people and exiled African National Congress leaders incensed the government by getting together in Dakar, Senegal, and other West...
The mighty American Bar Association agreed last week to change its procedures for approving law schools after a justice department investigation showed they had led to inflated salaries for law...
The rector of the University of Quebec at Rimouski has resigned amid a political row over the establishment of a rival institution. Marc-Andre Dionne resigned in his second term following what he...
Twenty-five years ago the City University of New York took allcomers from around the world who swarmed into America via the Big Apple and managed to graduate from high school. That open admissions...
The governing board of the University of California is not now to consider a proposal to abandon a cornerstone of affirmative action - admitting students on racial grounds. Black governing board...
Students who were born in Asia are winning places in New South Wales universities at up to three times the rate of their Australian or European-born counterparts, possibly because their parents place...
The skin absorbs virtually any chemical that touches it, new research shows. This overturns the traditional view that it keeps out most substances. Some chemicals, such as the aromatherapy oil...
NASA plans to launch a new satellite later this year which scientists worldwide will use to assemble important environmental information, based on the colour of the sea. The project, called SeaWiFS (...
Bournemouth University has established a national resource centre dealing with history of defence electronics. It comes under the department of conservation sciences and aims to contribute to the...
Southampton University medical researchers have made a discovery in their search for genetic clues to multiple sclerosis. The disease affects around 80,000 people in the United Kingdom and two...