Sending out signals
It is a hard life being an academic. Take John Lycett, an evolutionary psychologist at Liverpool University, who selflessly dedicated three weeks, with his researchers, to observing the behaviour of...
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Shame about the name
After lengthy consultation, Beaver College, Philadelphia, has decided on a new name "to better describe the vibrant and respected institution that we are today". From next July it becomes Arcadia...
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Lessons in true value
If paying tuition fees has taught students something, it is the value of money. So at least some of the students who poured into London to protest against fees last week must have recognised a...
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Glittering prizes
J. K. Rowling , author of the Harry Potter books, has been awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Napier University . The Political Studies Association has awarded the following to commemorate...
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On the move
Richard Susskind , author, IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and an independent consultant to global law firms, has been appointed professor of law at Gresham College . Victor Burgin ,...
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World View: Students speak Franklin
A bit of r-e-s-p-e-c-t is on the wish list of every student, but what exactly does that mean? Harvey Kaye asks. Ever wondered what students want and expect of their professors? We regularly read...
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Eyewitness: Democracy remains fragile in Côte d'Ivoire
Until this autumn, the Côte d'Ivoire had a reputation for political stability. That reputation evaporated in the violence that marred last month's presidential elections and left an estimated 200...
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Luanda
Angolan students at university campuses in Luanda and Lubango are avoiding conscription in the war against Unita by registering as United Nations student refugees with the aim of studying in other...
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Washington DC
A total of 74 presidents of private US colleges were paid at least $300,000 in 1998-99, according to the annual survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education . It is the largest number since 1991-92,...
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Panama City
Cuban president Fidel Castro has been given a medal of honour by the rector of Panama University. Mr Castro, who had been attending a summit for Ibero-American heads of state, said his trip would...
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Washington DC
An 89-year-old industrialist has established the largest US award for medical research, rivalling the Nobel prize, with a $50 million endowment. From next year, the $500,000 Albany Medical Center...
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Paris
France's education ministry has promised to find accommodation for students during renovation of the Sorbonne, after governors threatened to cancel all courses in protest against unsafe and...
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Moscow
Russian president Vladimir Putin has doubled the size of presidential scholarships for promising students in an impromptu announcement made during a visit to Moscow's Bauman State Technical...
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Private universities soon to end Austrian state's monopoly
Three private universities in Austria are on the verge of receiving national accreditation in a move that signals the end of the state monopoly on education. The government hopes the move will...
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Teacher trainers think global
The first international conference for heads of teacher-training institutions has laid the foundations for setting up a worldwide teacher-training network. The three-day Paris conference, "Priorities...