"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." Few sentences have proven as prophetic as this one, taken from the first paragraph of W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk...
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
Entrenched ideas hinder drive to attract more foreign students and staff, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
Targeted global scholars respond in droves to Academic Reputation Survey. Phil Baty reports
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFirst Grants? Award winner: R. Ward? Institution: University of Manchester? Value: ?195,226Hairdressing, image and body work in care services to older people?...
Research reveals positives and pitfalls for Sino-UK university joint ventures. John Morgan reports
An insightful analysis evinces the relevance of a Victorian conflict to today's ills, writes A.W. Purdue
A Concise Companion to HistoryEditor: Ulinka RublackEdition: FirstPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 480Price: ?25.00ISBN 9780199291212As old certainties in the discipline prove less secure,...
Prime minister's delegation agrees joint research projects and greater cooperation. Paul Jump reports
Via study-away sites, local partnerships, portals and fully fledged overseas campuses, ambitious universities in the West are increasingly keen to take root elsewhere. John Morgan asks how the...
Is internationalisation a Western construct?Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the vice-chancellor of University Sains Malaysia, argued that if internationalisation really was solely about the exchange of...
KenyaBonds: licence to expandKenya plans to sell 10 billion shillings (?79.5 million) of bonds to finance an expansion of its universities that would stop students from being turned away owing to...
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
As public funding shrinks, fundraising becomes crucial for universities. Adrian Beney examines how UK institutions are approaching the challenge and what they can learn from US methods
How do you become an academic and a scholar? Usually, those who aim to research and teach are privileged with a formal education and spend their lives in academia. It is virtually impossible to come...