European research network 'a waste of money'
A restructuring of Europe's public research institutions is vital if the continent's biotechnology industry is to compete with the United States, according to a new study. Analysis by Italian experts...
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Worry at access to fruits of research
British universities are lobbying members of the European Parliament over legislation that would lay down EU-wide rules for the sale of public-sector information to private companies and others. A...
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Analysis: Optimism rules in marriage of convenience
Will a merger enable Guildhall and North London universities to prosper? Alison Goddard assesses the state of the union. On August 1, London Metropolitan University is set to rise from the ashes of...
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Insular Spanish academy threatened by reforms
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Legislation is radically changing the way Spanish universities select their staff. Under a law that came into force on January 14, would-be...
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Nepotism flourishes despite law
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Italy's academic recruitment system has been the object of controversy for decades. A job in the state university system is a job for life with...
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Auditors query cash claims
Six Dutch hogescholen (polytechnics) have come under scrutiny from the auditors after allegedly claiming government subsidies for foreign students who were registered but never attended lectures....
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Fees axe wins no support
German students are to be given a guarantee of no fees for a first degree under a government reform of the national framework law on higher education. But the reform leaves the door open for...
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Hopeful Turks aid Afghans
Turkish universities are to help in the reconstruction process for Afghanistan. Hacettepe, Bilkent and Istanbul universities have said they will provide training programmes in medicine and education...
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Pope decides to open access to Pius archive
The Vatican says it will open its secret archives from 1922 to 1939 with priority given to relations between the Holy See and Germany. So far, only documents up to 1922 have been made available to...
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In the news: David Begg
When David Begg called for the satellite tracking of motorists in order to levy road tolls, he showed characteristic confidence in the face of potential outrage. Such imaginative solutions to the...
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Don's Diary: a week of self-employment
Monday A self-employed academic needs project management skills. I am my own secretary, too, and the morning is spent arranging research meetings and coping with the gale-disrupted travels of an...
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London callings
Stephen Schwartz, former vice-chancellor of Murdoch University in Australia, arrives in London this week to take up his new job as head of Brunel University. Pilloried last year for taking a 65 per...
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Estelle's omission
Expectations were running high at a Guildhall banquet in London last week when vice-chancellors rubbed shoulders with bankers at the Institute of Financial Services' president's dinner. Education...
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'Es the man
Congratulations to John Beaumont, who has been appointed chief executive of the e-University. Mr Beaumont joins UK e-Universities Worldwide from troubled telecoms group Energis, where he was a board...
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Bum steer?
The Diary is relieved to hear that it's not just us with a schoolboy sense of humour. Apparently, several of the research councils's press officers suggested to their chief executives that the name...