Unions fear trade deals with US
Australian academics are alarmed that a free-trade agreement signed last week with the US could lead to American universities establishing operations in Australia and receiving the same benefits as...
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Privatising plan surprises the Irish
A proposal to allow Irish universities and other colleges to evolve into private institutions has surprised academics - especially as it comes from the Higher Education Authority, which funds...
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Demands of donor lead Russians to spurn cash
A Russian university that accepted more than 2.7 billion roubles (£50 million) from the Yukos oil company has voted to sever ties with the company unless it receives a guarantee on academic...
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Learning bonds to kick-start saving for tuition fees
Canada will provide a grant to help parents on low incomes start saving early for the ever-rising costs of their children's university education. Canadian students pay an average of just over C$4,000...
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Cool appeal to boarders
Accidents on ski slopes have increased alarmingly with much of the blame attached to undisciplined snowboarders whose thirst for danger in pursuit of "cool" has triggered avalanches. A team of art...
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Swiss underfunding casts long shadow in Brussels
Government funding for Swiss scientists engaged in cross-border European Union projects has fallen short for the first time since European research framework programmes began in 1992. The federal...
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Daniel moves on from Unesco
Sir John Daniel, former vice-chancellor of the Open University, is to leave his senior post at Unesco after three years to head the Commonwealth of Learning. He is to take over as president and chief...
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Respect research and watch economy boom
[Europe desperately needs research talent to thrive, yet a scientific career is often a turn-off, says Philippe Busquin If the European Union is to achieve its ambitious goal of making Europe the...
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Don's diary: Left on the (Ice) shelf
Monday From the helicopter, the view is magnificent: iceberg-punctuated sea to our left, the stark Vestfold Hills of Australian Antarctic territory below and the ice plateau stretching into infinity...
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A double pain in the neck
Medical researchers who use animals united with antivivisectionists this week to criticise a computer game in which players destroy an animal-testing laboratory. The game, Whiplash , features Spanx,...
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Vote of note?
Employers have been quick to rubbish the potential impact of the Association of University Teachers' industrial action, citing that the union represents only about 13 per cent of the 320,000 staff in...
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A sound aim
"Innovating for a safer world" - a high ideal for any business to aspire to. This most idealistic of mottos can be found on the website of BAE Systems, which invests about £6 million a year in...
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Dream theme team
The most popular dreams of university students have been revealed by Canadian researchers Tore Nielsen of the Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal and Donald Kuiken of the University of Alberta. They...
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Why I... want to see vice-chancellors on the picket line
Between 1994-05 and 2001-02, the salary of vice-chancellors increased between 42 per cent and 80 per cent. Today's figures in The Times Higher show that this upwards trend is continuing unabated...
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A good jolt to system
The hated subject review set UK institutions on a beneficial 'quality curve', argues Peter Williams. Abolition of the teaching quality assessment was at the top of every vice-chancellor's wish list...