Red-faced South Africans seek statistical help
Statistics South Africa, the country's official data agency, is mounting a global search for staff after errors made in calculating economic figures undermined its credibility. Pali Lehohla, the...
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Change cuts NZ intake
Early indications are that numbers of first-year enrolments have declined at New Zealand universities because many applicants have not met new entrance requirements. According to figures from the...
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Swedes struggle to write in English
English departments in Sweden are in crisis and English proficiency among new students is a major concern, writes Jon Buscall in Stockholm. Many students speak excellent English, but growing numbers...
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EU backs cash boost and fees
European Union funding of universities could increase dramatically between 2007 and 2013 under proposals released this week by the European Commission. But the Commission controversially threw its...
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Rectors pan 'DIY' venture
Italy's academic establishment is furious at a government decision to award degree-awarding powers to a private university that has no students, no faculty and that will be based in a former cinema....
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Welcome to St Anne's...not
Election purdah may have muted discussions during last week's Higher Education Funding Council for England conference, but Oxford University still upset most university heads present. Despite...
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Trips down memory lane
Another delegate, Alan Gilbert, vice-chancellor of Manchester University, chose to stay at the swish Macdonald Randolph in the centre of Oxford. As an Oxford student, he apparently dreamt of staying...
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Keep it clean, it may be seen
It is never a good idea to allow your friends to send rude emails to your work address. But staff at Bath University need to be especially careful. In an effort to avoid falling foul of the 20-day...
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Past its expiration date
Students at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry must have wailed louder than most when news of the Pope's death broke. Their rag magazine went to press some weeks...
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How to upset friends and foes
The open letter from John Clare, education editor of The Daily Telegraph , advising Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, of the only four education experts worth speaking to continues to ruffle...
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John Zarnecki follows arthur dent's unlikely adventures
The film's explanation of the Earth's origin is unorthodox: it was made by the planet designer Slartibartfast The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Released April 28 We teach our students that planet...
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Why I ...a gambling man, discount the youth vote
During the next two weeks it is reckoned that £40 million will be bet on various aspects of the general election. While the main result is almost a foregone conclusion bookmakers have created new...
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Still bang on target
The biggest ever upheaval in pay and equality can't happen overnight, says Geoffrey Copland In light of motions put this week to the Association of University Teachers council meeting in Eastbourne...
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Lean, mean, profitable machine
Trouble at MGRover disguises a thriving sector that researchers can fine-tune, says David Mullins Despite the difficulties of MG Rover, the UK automotive sector is busy creating high-value products...
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Warm glow of a chore well done
Marking scripts on a fine summer's day may not seem too unpleasant a task but, says Susan Bassnett, you do it in the garden at your peril One of the most demanding tasks for an academic is not...