Campus mall to sell skills for life
Greenwich and Kent universities are pioneering the country's first higher education mall. The two universities are behind a £20 million scheme to create a joint campus that will offer courses from...
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Network security lax
Measures to protect university computer networks from hackers have lagged behind the growth in the use and importance of the networks, an expert has warned. Andrew Cormack, chief security adviser for...
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BMA says doctor training threatened
Proposed changes to postgraduate medical education could jeopardise the training of senior doctors, say medical academics and doctors' leaders. In response to a Department of Health consultation on a...
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First-years sure to make sum mistake
Universities cannot assume that new students have basic numeracy skills even if they have studied mathematics at GCSE or A level, concludes a study that presents evidence of a decline in maths...
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Washington DC
A study for the Task Force on College Drinking has found that about 1,400 students aged 18 to 24 die each year in the United States in alcohol-related accidents. College-based drinking contributes to...
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Chief takes on big budget cutters
Katharine Lyall this year marks her tenth year as president of the University of Wisconsin system, making her one of the longest-serving chief executives in US higher education. It also means that Dr...
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Court reinstates sacked tutor
An Australian academic whose sacking last year sparked an international boycott of the University of Wollongong was reinstated last week after a court ruled he had been illegally dismissed....
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Medics with cancer sue McGill
Two former McGill University medical students who have developed leukaemia are suing the university for failing to renovate a laboratory that they claim is the probable cause of their condition....
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HK revamps pay and funding
Hong Kong has insufficient resources to maintain eight equally funded world-class universities, according to the University Grants Committee. The Higher Education Report 2002, chaired by Lord...
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French council aids foreigners
Education minister Jack Lang and foreign affairs minister Hubert Védrine have set up a council to improve support for foreigners coming to study in France. The Conseil National pour L'accueil des...
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Italy backs off from reforms
Italy appears to be back-pedalling on university reforms that would put it at the forefront of European harmonisation through the Bologna process. Education minister Letizia Moratti has reportedly...
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Oslo in gender policy battle
The University of Oslo is facing an international legal challenge to positive-discrimination policies that reserve postdoctorate and teaching posts for female candidates. A case is being brought at...
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Stains on the panel
The University of Cambridge has begun the hunt for a new vice-chancellor - but eyebrows have been raised about the credentials of the committee set up to find the person to lead one of the world's...
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Off, not on-message
The e-university appears confused again. Last week, it extolled the virtues of attracting overseas students while launching a call for proposals in areas deemed attractive to this cohort. But it now...
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Building irregs
The rebuilding of the Cardiff Bay area has been bedevilled with disputes and disagreements. Leading architect Lord Rogers was sacked last year from the project to build new headquarters for the Welsh...