The leader of a Northern Ireland political party returned to her old job at Ulster University this week as the precarious peace process again hit the the buffers. Monica McWilliams, head of the Women...
Derby University has shelved plans to launch 40 foundation degree courses amid claims that a chronic lack of money could sink the new qualification and the government's higher education expansion...
Germany's economic crisis is encouraging grade inflation as students demand good grades to help them compete in a tough job market. Professors say they feel under pressure to award inflated grades -...
A group of entrepreneurs is aiming to revive Germany's flagging higher education system by establishing a private university to be run as a profit-making business. Businessman Peter Pedersen is...
The "Revolution of Roses" that toppled Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze came close to claiming another victim - the rector of Tbilisi State University. Roin Metreveli resigned in the wake of...
Nigeria has promised help to the University of Liberia in Monrovia, which the civil war has left in need of repair. Peter Okebukola, executive secretary of Nigeria's National University Commission,...
An increasing number of Canadian universities are offering postgraduates guaranteed funding to remain competitive with the US. The University of Alberta has joined a handful of other Canadian...
Israeli academics are to set up a forum to fight the international academic boycott of Israeli institutions, the heads of the country's universities decided this week at a meeting with Natan...
A rapid growth in the number of foreign students in Japan has heightened concerns that many enter the country to work full time or to emigrate illegally rather than to study. There are also growing...
Czech scientific development is stagnating, hindered by an ageing research population, lack of funding and poor career prospects, according to a government report. Peter Mares, Czech deputy prime...
...don't do it. For all our sakes, do not collude with this undermining of the academy's standards, urges Bob Brecher If you teach first-year undergraduates, you may well be wondering how to cope...
Health and medical-related vacancies are much in evidence as a result of course popularity, interdisciplinary initiatives and universities cashing in on intellectual property. Pat Leon reports A...
Susan Ayres, 39 Job advertised in The THES , February 14 2003 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology University of Sussex Sussex University advertised for staff as part of a radical...
The language used to describe teaching and learning really does have an impact -and it's driving Patrick Smith to distraction Picking myself up off the floor, having forgotten how low the lintel over...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Chris Willmott Age: 36 Job: Lecturer in biochemistry, University of Leicester. Salary : £24,121 Qualifications: BSc...