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Albin Kurti, a Kosovar Albanian student, has been jailed for 15 years on charges including separatism, jeopardising the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and conspiring to commit hostile acts...
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Boycott call in contracts row
The organisation representing German university professors has advised young academics to boycott professorial appointments in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg. It follows the state...
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French to overhaul teacher training
A decade after comprehensive reform, France's teacher training faces a fresh overhaul, which will give added weight to professional skills and provide students with more classroom experience. The...
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Hope for university reforms follows Spanish election
As Spain's ruling Popular Party savours victory at the polls, academics are critical of the government's record on universities but cautiously optimistic for the future. "The last legislature was not...
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Polish kidnap victims released
Two Polish academics, held by Chechen kidnappers since last August, have been freed after 208 days in captivity. Zofia Fiszer-Malanowska, 66, and Ewa Marchwinska-Wyrwal, 56, environmental biologists...
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US professors admit 'cheating' was their fault
Highly publicised accusations of mass cheating at two of America's top universities have turned out to be embarrassing glimpses at how quickly faculty and administrators seem to be willing to think...
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SA plans 'root and branch' changes
South African higher education is soon to undergo "root-and-branch transformation" that includes a new programme-based subsidy system and radical structural changes to the size and shape of the...
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Nomadic system finds followers
Two senior Australian academics have endorsed the United States model of semester-based appointments, where staff are engaged for nine months a year and may then undertake consultancies or be paid by...
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Cancer student chased for loan
A Canadian student who had to delay her studies after undergoing two operations, cancer therapy and giving birth has been refused any leniency on paying back her student loans. Six months after being...
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US backs Brits in weekend fun site
Electronic entrepreneurs from Staffordshire University have put together a multi-million pound deal to take their vision of the perfect weekend online. Chris Loughlin and Rueben Yau, graduates from...
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Experts set to lose their day in court
Reforms of civil court hearings will lead to fewer academics being called as expert witnesses. The measures, drawn up by Lord Woolf and brought in last year, are expected to restore mutual trust...
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Paris group plugs in incubator
Twelve top Parisian universities, grandes ecoles and engineering schools have banded together to create an incubator that will help students and researchers start high-tech companies. Founding...
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Call for UK copyright centre
A report out next month will suggest the creation of a national advisory centre on copyright to help ensure universities do not lose out on valuable potential income. The report's author, Ralph...
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Healthy budget fails to support mass learning
Admiral House 66-68 East Smithfield London E1W 1BX Fax 020 7782 3300 Tel 020 7782 3000 Email editor@thes.co.uk Website www.thesis.co.uk There was no joy in this week's budget for higher education....
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Partnership questions raised as spoils go south
In his budget, the chancellor showed enthusiasm for technology clusters in which regional capacity in leading-edge high-tech industries can flourish. A pity then that a chance to encourage such a...