Cure for malaria is tested
Pre-clinical studies of a cheap and powerful new cure for malaria are about to begin. Scientists have designed and synthesised a chemical that is easy to make and can wipe out the parasite...
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Leader: A healthy map of academic rivalry
The Times Higher 's first world ranking of universities is sure to have its critics: every league table does. But this is an idea whose time has come. Richard Lambert said so in his report on...
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Future brightens for north Cypriots
Higher education in the Turkish-controlled area of Cyprus continues to languish under an international embargo after Greek Cypriots rejected the United Nations' latest reunification plan. The...
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Enterprising Middlesex
Middlesex University won the Queen's award for enterprise this week, in recognition of its recruitment of a high number of overseas students. It boosted overseas student numbers by 43 per cent...
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Rise in tuberculosis cases requires action
Brussels, 31 Mar 2006 Drastic rises in the numbers of TB cases in Eastern Europe have caused alarm around the EU. Tuberculosis (TB) infects up to one-third of the world's population, and kills more...
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To Bollywood and beyond
South Asian Popular Culture
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Unity urged for African revival
South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has called on African universities to raise their voices on the continental stage to assist development and respond to unprecedented support from developed...
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See the sea and all its currents
Rethinking the Mediterranean
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Hungary host first world science forum
Brussels, 22 Oct 2003 Under the patronage of the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and the President of the Republic of Hungary, Ferenc Madl, the first world science forum will take...
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Hungary host first world science forum
Brussels, 22 Oct 2003 Under the patronage of the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, and the President of the Republic of Hungary, Ferenc Madl, the first world science forum will take...
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Life, death and the lie of the land
Royal Siamese Maps
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Today's news
Triple whammy of changes to visas 'will deter students' Universities condemned as wholly unjust yesterday government plans to deny the right of appeal to foreign students whose visa applications have...
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Appointments
The new chief executive of the Association of Colleges is John Brennan, currently director of further education development. Mr Brennan joined the Department of Education and Science in 1968, after...
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An ancient high ideal that makes brutes of us all
What do Bush, Blair and Alexander the Great have in common? They have all been seduced by an Aristotlean vision of the 'civilising' empire. Margaret Doody explains. Alexander the Great is the first...
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British biotech told: take 'bold steps' and stand up to rivals
The British biotechnology industry may be a big fish in the European pond but it is struggling to keep pace with competition from the US and Asia, according to a report, Paul Hill writes. The annual...