Nantes
About 1,200 distance-learning students have enrolled for the 29 courses offered by the virtual university of the Pays de la Loire. The regional authority has invested €1.5 million (£1 million) in the...
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Astana
Kazakhstan is to cut the number of student grants and credits for law, economics and international relations courses in favour of agrarian and technical sciences, and teacher training.
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Tehran
A death sentence for apostasy on Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Iran's Tarbiat Modarress University, has reportedly been repealed. No confirmation has been issued by the judiciary.
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Kuala Lumpur
Four of the nine Malaysian students studying in Iraq have returned home in fear of their safety following several briefings by Malaysian embassy officials on the prospects of war on Iraq.
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Oslo
The Norwegian government has bowed to a ruling that its positive discrimination policies aimed at increasing the number of female professors were illegal but it is to continue with other initiatives...
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Washington DC
US government officials said that about 4,000 out of 6,000 higher education institutions had met this week's deadline for supply of data under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program introduced...
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Scots get aid to pursue EU bids
Scottish universities and their spin-off companies can tap into a £900,000 scheme to help them bid for funds from the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Iain Gray, Scotland's minister...
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New v-c arrives to face strike
The new Oxford-educated vice-chancellor of the debt-ridden University of Zambia this week faced a strike by academics who said they were prepared to boycott lectures for four or five months. Robert...
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OECD calls for better data
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has seen a need for more information on the rates of return to individuals from higher education. A meeting in Dublin of 80 decision-makers...
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Higher studies lead to growth
Universities in developing countries are struggling to meet increasing demands for higher education, according to a joint report from Unesco and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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Hodge: dump dross or pay
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has warned universities to ditch "Mickey Mouse" courses or face financial penalties. Ms Hodge launched a robust defence of her controversial attacks on...
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Dropout jibe not fair, study finds
A quarter of university dropouts abandon their studies because they have chosen the wrong course, according to a study carried out for the Department for Education and Skills. The study by Warwick...
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Journals censor results that could fuel bioterror
In a measure of the chilling epoch ushered in by September 11, the subsequent anthrax attacks and anxiety about bioterrorism, leading scientific journals and societies last week pledged to censor...
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Lost sheep find a way through play
Team problem-solving exercises on a Welsh hillside are preparing students for work placements. Pat Leon writes. Shepherding sheep on a Welsh hillside in winter is not everyone's idea of fun - unless...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Heather Viles. Age: 43. Job: Reader in geomorphology in the School of Geography and the Environment,...