Hong Kong looks to private sector for aid
Hong Kong's universities are under pressure to develop new streams of income as the government plans to make cuts to its higher education budget. Investment in the sector has fallen by 10 per cent...
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Canadian school tackles shortage of rural doctors
A medical school in Canada's frozen north is consulting local aboriginal populations and educators from as far away as the Australian outback as it carves out a unique curriculum. The Northern...
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'I told you so,' says Randall
Poor teaching standards are going undetected in English universities because vice-chancellors avoided the new teaching inspection regime, the former quality watchdog has warned. Analysis shows that...
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Three-way battle to be chancellor of Oxford
Three hats are in the ring in the contest to be the next chancellor of Oxford University. Chris Patten, the European Union's external affairs commissioner, is the favourite. He said: "Higher...
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V-c quits after rough ride at helm of Botswanan institute
A US academic has stepped down after five turbulent years as vice-chancellor of the University of Botswana, the only university in the small southern African state. Sharon Siverts was appointed in...
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Why has Clarke thrown us to market forces?
The government's obsession with reform of public services will lead to no good, insists Malcolm McVicar As part of its crusade to reform public services, the government has obviously decided that it...
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Bogus boycott
German academics are boycotting their British counterparts in protest at the British government's policy on Iraq, a letter published in last week's Jewish Chronicle claims. On investigation, however...
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Puppetmaster's plan?
Meanwhile education secretary Chizzly Clunk - billed as having "a brief to spruce up higher education with a view to a quick sale" - was apparently spotted at the University College of St Jude's last...
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From Yale straight to jail
A film script in the making - but we don't imagine people will be lining up to get the part of Tonica Jenkins, who was rumbled after she failed to make the grade as a graduate student at Yale...
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Don's diary: canberra's blazing black saturday
Friday Very hot today - more than 35C. Half the Australian National University loses electricity due to fire damage in the Namadgi national park. The smoke haze from distant bushfires, which has...
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Gats threat is lifted - for now
British universities will not be opened up to the global market under the current world trade talks, the European Commission has announced. But union leaders warned this week that research could be...
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No RAE cash for 4-ratings
Research funding for middle-ranking departments could be clawed back by the government before the next research assessment exercise, it emerged this week, writes Alan Thomson. The government's...
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Why I...believe security dossiers have been cooked up to justify war with Iraq
For analysts of the Middle East, the prospect of a detailed report by the British intelligence services on the security infrastructure of Iraq was rousing. A secretive system of multiple layers of...
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Research elite reaps most of £1bn windfall
Four universities will share almost a third of the record-breaking fund to renovate crumbling research facilities, it emerged this week. The second Science Research Investment Fund will pour £1...
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MP slams apartheid for poor students
Government plans to steer students from poor families to vocational sub-degrees courses while capping the number of places available for them on honours degrees could lead to a two-tier system, a...