Florence
Forty-two foreign-language lettori at the University of Florence last week won a local labour court decision that annuls their present contracts and recognises their right to the same salaries as...
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Paris
Historian Helene Carrere d'Encausse has become the 31st permanent secretary of the Academie Francaise, the first woman to hold the post. One of only three women ever to belong to the body, which was...
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The making of a president
As Indonesia elects a new leader, Bill Watson looks at the mechanics of power broking in a troubled nation As events unfolded in the week of the presidential election in Indonesia, the twists and...
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American takeover leads to punch-up
BARCELONA. Friction between the owners of a Spanish private university over its sale to a United States-based international education provider has degenerated into violence on campus and ensuing...
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Outlook bleak for Sub-Sahara study
NAIROBI. The quality of higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa will deteriorate as long as universities remain caught in the web of soaring student numbers, academic repression and savage budget cuts...
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Traffic death sparks student riots
Kenyatta University has closed following student riots that led to the death of a police officer and scores of injured students and police, writes Wachira Kigotho. The students also set ten vehicles...
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Albright calms fear
BOSTON. United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright has given an unqualified endorsement to international education exchanges, which university officials worry may be threatened by the merger...
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Ivory tower
(Photograph) - Oscar Peterson, the legendary Montreal-born jazz pianist who has struggled with arthritis and a stroke that all but stilled his left hand, listens to a performance of his music to...
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Rector calls on elite to privatise
HAMBURG. Germany's top universities should be floated on the stock market to make them more internationally competitive, a prominent Social Democrat education expert has recommended. Peter Glotz,...
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Students expelled for Islamic dress
TASHKENT. Students are routinely expelled from universities and other higher education establishments for wearing Islamic-style dress or beards, Human Rights Watch claimed in a report that alleges...
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Star teacher
WorldSpace Corporation's AfriStar satellite has begun digital radio broadcasts to developing countries across the whole of Africa and the Middle East. The satellite will supply more than 25 channels...
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Payback time for no-show dentist
ROME. A dental surgeon at the University of Cagliari in Sardinia may have to pay back over ¤24,800 (Pounds 16,000) of his salary after being found guilty of failing to teach the 50 hours per...
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Dublin's IT strategy pays off
A multi-million pound investment in national IT education and training by the Irish government has produced a swift, unexpected return. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is close to...
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Student protests force Gates snub
MONTREAL. A west-coast Canadian university showed that it would not be swayed by Bill Gates's recent gifts to the higher education sector when it refused him an honorary degree. Student...
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Trainers set national quality controls for e-commerce training
Two national training organisations have launched an accreditation scheme for courses in e-commerce. Anne Russell, chief executive of the Information Technology National Training Organisation (ITNTO...