Sons of soil left to wither on the vine
Agriculture in Britain has sunk to a nadir last seen during the Great Depression. Farmers were once the bedrock of British society and a powerful voice in the land, but who now cares what becomes of...
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English rules the waves
Thirty years ago, it would have been difficult to travel around Western Europe speaking only English. This is not true today. In fact, the standard of English among the educated in some of these...
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Why opossums should rule and other fantasies
Archaeology and Language
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Sinking under fat America
State of the World 2000
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Star Turn
With space toys that look like something from the Early-Learning Centre, Surrey University is rivalling Nasa. Pat Leon meets the man putting Surrey into orbit A youngish man clutching a metal...
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Overseas students watch the costs
A university's reputation for scholarship is less important to overseas students than the cost of tuition and its range of courses, says research published last week, writes Phil Baty. Education...
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Ulster bids to raise Pounds 70 million
Ulster University is hoping to capitalise on international sympathy for Northern Ireland with a bid to raise Pounds 70 million to help tackle social issues and promote economic regeneration. The...
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Last chance to avoid the fate of Leyland
In the run-up to budget day, John Ashworth argues the case for education mortgages that carry tax breaks A defining characteristic of new, as opposed to old, Labour is the recognition that it is...
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Advice for the age of e-verything
Global Electronic Commerce - e-Enterprise - The Business of e-Commerce
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Power play on the game
Prostitution, Power and Freedom
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Weighting the justice scales
With elitism in top medical schools a hot political issue, Claire Sanders finds that the discrimination poor and ethnic- minority law applicants face is, if anything, getting worse Twenty young...
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Slavonic merger plan
Consultants called in to advise on the future of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, largest of the University of London's senate institutes, are set to recommend a merger with another...
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The military master defence in civvie street
Australian universities and technical colleges will receive a much-needed financial boost following a decision by the department of defence to outsource more than Aus$45 million (Pounds 18 million)...
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Latino lingo is the ploy to win Spanish ayes
Bush and Gore spoke Spanish to woo the US's largest immigrant community. Clare Mar-Molinero explains why. Something is happening to Spanish. The number of people speaking it is growing and, more...
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Adventures on the cyber shop floor
Before launching her web-based courses, Diana Kelly put herself in the students' shoes and learnt how to learn online My new year's resolution in 1999 was to learn about online teaching. After 20...