Europe seeks a yardstick on fees
University tuition fees are to be compared across the European Union following implementation of an EU council regulation to extend the scope of the harmonised index of consumer prices. The...
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Peacekeepers go back to class
ROME. Rome's Third University and Italy's military training schools have created a joint masters degree in peacekeeping and security studies in response to the growing role of Italian military and...
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Pure Italian under seige
PISA. Italy's authoritative Accademia della Crusca has warned that flawed teaching of Italian by universities could lead to the gradual degeneration of the language. Giovanni Nencioni, president of...
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Union alarm over Oz cash
MELBOURNE. A key element of Australian education minister David Kemp's leaked proposals for reform survived this week's mauling in cabinet and provoked anger among academic union leaders. Mr Howard...
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Nigeria acts on broken pay deal
LAGOS Hopes of a smooth beginning for the new session at Nigeria's 34 universities have been dashed by academics' decision to continue a month-long strike. In May, after a month of negotiations with...
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Canada tempts US with cut-price fees
MONTREAL. Canadian universities lured more Americans to their campuses over the past year, mainly because of a recruiting campaign that focused on the lower cost of heading north. A survey of 30...
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American website gets hammered for online college auction
BOSTON American universities are balking at a new website that lets students and their families "bid" on-line to find a university willing to enrol them at fees they determine in much the way...
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People power should not be underestimated
Grave damage has been done to science over the past few years by politicians and industrialists. Big companies with fat wallets have cosied up to politicians, beguiling them with the promise of rich...
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Lifelong learning needs a qualification framework
The qualifications framework outlined in the Quality Assurance Agency's new consultative document makes eminently good sense. The jumble of quaint titles does not serve higher education well as the...
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For the record
* Nottingham University has won the battle to host the National College for School Leadership against contenders Warwick and Birmingam universities, prime minister Tony Blair announced yesterday. The...
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Religion offers a guiding hand in a moral maze
The pope last month called for a frank open dialogue between believers and the university world. Below, Cardinal Pio Laghi says Catholic lecturers must play a central role in combating student moral...
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Peddling in a buyers' market
Attracting students onto courses is akin to being a dodgy salesman, says Frank Furedi "I feel like a double-glazing sales lady," said a colleague from a new London university. She had spent three...
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Publish and be damned
There's no gain to anyone in publishing flawed work in serious journals, argues Peter Collins Scientists with exciting findings sometimes go to the press before checking their research with fellow...
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Foreign Office blocks FE cash
United Kingdom visa officials are accused of blocking vital income for further education colleges by making judgements on the suitability of overseas students already accepted on courses in the UK. A...
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UCAS postcode service aims to overcome social bias
Universities will be able to tell whether they are inadvertently discriminating against students from under-represented groups by using a service launched by the Universities and Colleges Admissions...