US access measures blocked
Less than a year after promising to find new ways to increase the ranks of low-income and minority students on their campuses, American universities have found their way largely blocked by political...
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Course gives Dutch dropouts direction
A scheme to help student dropouts structure their futures is increasing in popularity as its reputation spreads within the Netherlands. The Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam College) and the...
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Rector resigns but may be sued
One of Italy's best-known sociologists, Francesco Alberoni, has announced his resignation as rector of an independent university in Milan in protest against "practices that I consider corrupt,...
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Student diplomats among worst drug users
Moscow State University has the highest proportion of drug users among its student body of all Russia's universities, a dubious honour it shares with the International Relations Institute that trains...
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Teacher training overhaul
France's teacher training is to undergo wide-ranging reforms that will affect every sector of the system, from improving future teachers' knowledge of their specialised subjects before they start...
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Graduate explains Ford hiring rethink
A high-flying graduate from Queen's University, Belfast, has revealed how Ford motor company reformed its graduate recruitment to improve the "mediocre" acceptance rate of job offers. Rose Mary...
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Plan to set up Gap in Europe
The French Grenoble Graduate School of Business is planning to set up a global access programme to help non-European start-ups expand into Europe and European firms to expand across borders within...
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Project aims to lift internet experience
Design, engineering and computing researchers have teamed up with British Telecom to look at how people are responding to businesses on the internet. Nicola Millard, manager of BT's customer contact...
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Unions object to online scheme
The heads of five academic unions have called for a moratorium on Universitas 21's plans to develop online courses. The general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, David Triesman,...
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Campus offers taster
The University of Abertay, Dundee, is enrolling pupils as part-time students in an online project aimed at combating the low local rate of higher education participation. Dundee has a significantly...
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Hi-tech Lecce puts south on the map
The University of Lecce, in southern Italy, is emerging as a global centre of excellence for research in avant-garde engineering, particularly in the use of nanotechnologies and new materials. A £600...
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Initiative meets the needs of disabled
A Pounds 1 million centre offering technology solutions for disabled students will be launched by the Open University this autumn. The Centre for Assistive Technology and Enabling Research (Cater)...
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Laptops prompt access rethink
Student demand for wireless network access is set to increase significantly, forcing universities to offer the facility to remain competitive, experts predict. Tony Chabot, of Birmingham University's...
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Help them to come and have their eyes opened
Support for black southern Africans to study in the UK needs continued backing, says David Simon. In the dark days of apartheid and white minority rule in southern Africa, there was broad support...
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Make it better or don't make it
To survive in the new economy, businesses must show how they enhance our lives, argues James Wilsdon. It was like a carefully planned military operation. At strategic locations across the United...