Iraq pleads for help to rebuild universities
An Iraqi education official has made his first visit to the United Kingdom since the Gulf war to press to re-establish academic relations between the two countries. Mazin al Jumah, president of the...
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India offers overseas study loan
India's offer of bank loans for students who study overseas is likely to increase the scramble among the middle classes for a foreign degree, according to the country's communists. Finance minister...
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Moves to curb NZ market forces
The move from a competitive market model to a more interventionist and cooperative system for New Zealand's higher education took shape this week with the release of a report the Tertiary Education...
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Pretoria moderates ambitious overhaul
South Africa's education minister Kader Asmal has backed away from wholesale mergers, a three-tier system of teaching, comprehensive and research institutions and longer undergraduate degrees in his...
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Berlin attempts to woo émigrés
The German government has launched an €87 million (£55 million) campaign to attract top foreign academics and to win back young researchers who have emigrated to other countries in search of better...
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Vote-hungry MPs admit reject group
A decision by Italy's parliament, probably influenced by general elections scheduled for late April or early May, means that about 1,000 students originally rejected for degree courses in medicine...
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Dutch renege on work fee plan
The Dutch National Union of Students (LSVB) has set up a telephone helpline in response to an increasing number of complaints from students about work placements. Students at colleges of technology...
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E-learning guru joins IT centre
E-learning guru Steve Molyneux has been appointed director of a national research centre that will investigate the impact of information technology on education, training and employment. The...
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Students object to online proposal
Australian university students are protesting at the decision by three Universitas 21 members to back plans for a global online university. The universities of Melbourne, New South Wales and...
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Report rejects security model
Universities are coming under pressure to adopt formal information security policies, but the British standard that is rapidly becoming a global benchmark is poorly suited to academic environments, a...
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Robotic serpent will help the disabled
A snakelike robotic device that can give disabled people greater independence has been developed at Staffordshire University. The Flexibot was built by a team at the Centre for Rehabilitation...
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Dundee widens access and horizons
Dundee University is helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to raise sponsorship for voluntary work overseas. The Centre for Enterprise Management, opened this week by Wendy Alexander,...
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Critical dons fire at IT
A workshop at the London School of Economics will question whether too many businesses are taking a narrow, simplistic view of information technology and ignoring its wider social dimensions. The...
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Campus is perfect nurturer
Universities have a vital role to play in helping Britain to boost economic growth by increasing the amount of venture capital investment, a Centre for Policy Studies report concludes. Higher...
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£1m pot of gold for fairy-tale endings
A £1 million business plan competition, which aims to fast-track ideas from United Kingdom universities into high-tech companies, is inviting applications. The competition, which is funded by a...