Money-go-round draws crowds
Hundreds of medical researchers may face rejection after an unexpected flood of applications for grants from the Medical Research Council. The Government's major funder of basic medical research...
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Publish online and be damned
The Government this week refused to embrace a future where all research is available freely to everyone online, sparking a major row in the science community, writes Anna Fazackerley. In its official...
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'Plagiarised' MBA application raises bogus degree concerns
More concerns have emerged about the rise of private businesses selling worthless degrees after a graduate from one of many unrecognised "universities" was caught applying for a PhD programme with a...
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Howells admits e-study failure
The marketing of the UK eUniversity's courses to potential students was inadequate, Kim Howells, the Higher Education Minister, admitted to MPs this week. He told the House of Commons Education and...
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Edinburgh wins a literary first
Edinburgh University has underpinned a successful bid by Scotland's capital to become the world's first city of literature. Unesco, the United Nations body that aims to forge international links in...
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Oxford to publish official league table for colleges
Oxford University plans to reveal the academic performance of students graduating from each of its 30 colleges in an official annual table after The Times Higher reported concerns that the unofficial...
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French researchers demand a dedicated ministry
Paris. A full government ministry for higher education, research and technology, an elected high-level scientific council, and a stronger research role for universities are the main recommendations...
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G8 'must help with African rebirth'
Thabo Mbeki, the South African President, has signalled to Tony Blair that the rehabilitation of Africa's run-down universities should be high on the agenda at next year's Scotland summit of the...
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America's Cup project sets sail
Rome. Italy's Pisa University is helping to develop a contender for the 2007 America's Cup to challenge the reigning champion, the Swiss yacht Alinghi . The university has signed up with +39, one of...
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Canberra
German and Australian rectors and vice-chancellors have held talks in Canberra on university priorities in the two countries, including future developments in teaching and research, and issues...
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Stavanger
Stavanger University College will become Norway's fifth official university on January 1, the Prime Minister and the Education Minister announced. It is Norway's first new university since the...
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Minsk
The Belarusian Academy of Sciences has no president for the first time in its 76-year history. Alexander Lukashenko, the country's President, insists on being the only person in the country with the...
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Tirana
An agreement between Albania and Greece to produce joint university textbooks in history, geography and economics is at risk. The attempt to defuse contentious issues between the two states by...
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New York
A computer technician at the University of Georgia was apparently so upset at the result of the recent US presidential election that he shot himself at New York's Ground Zero.
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Howard prepares to wrest control
Melbourne. Australian higher education faces more upheaval as John Howard's re-elected Government pushes ahead with more reforms that will strip the states of their remaining powers over universities...