In the news: Natalie Fenton
The Association of University Teachers has unveiled the latest weapon in its campaign to ensure higher education is seen as dynamic and modern - a president-elect who is young, female and media savvy...
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One way to foot the Bill
Amid hopes that former US president Bill Clinton will lecture at the new Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University, some more cautious souls may be wondering about the bottom line. Mr...
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World Watch
New Haven More than 200 Yale University academics boycotted United States president George W. Bush's visit to receive an honorary degree. A statement signed by 208 professors said: "There is nothing...
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America drawn to cut-price Canada
Skyrocketing university costs in the United States are pushing more students across the border to Canada for a cheaper deal. Canadian institutions are starting to cash in on the problem and have...
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Testing time for quality group
South Africa has launched a higher education quality committee modelled on international counterparts and charged with promoting quality assurance, auditing the quality mechanisms of institutions and...
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Brussels urges harmonisation of standards
An international project to harmonise standards in university teaching throughout the European Union has been launched in Brussels. Called "Tuning Educational Structures in Europe", it is a network...
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Greeks revolt over institute upgrades
Greek university chancellors are threatening to resign en masse if the government presses ahead with its plan to upgrade technological institutes to full university status. Although the legislation...
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Vietnam to get first foreign university
Work is about to start on Vietnam's first foreign-owned university after the Asia Development Bank agreed to pay $7.5 million (£5.3 million) towards the project. The university is being established...
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Internet pioneers hope to cash in
Several US universities will begin offering undergraduate degrees in internet studies this autumn, attracted as much by fundraising possibilities as by student interest. At least four schools -...
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Japanese shy from netiquette
If you look at an average Japanese university website, you would think that the country had an acute shortage of web designers. "In a society which prides itself on presentation, it is surprising...
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NI duo unite to turn out entrepreneurs
Northern Ireland's two universities are working together in an initiative to promote entrepreneurship among students. The Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship (Nicent) is a joint venture...
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Intellectual property rules ruffle feathers
Joint research projects between European Union universities and industries are often hindered by shortcomings in EU internet intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation, a report by the European...
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Cambridge armed with strong idea
Engineers at the University of Cambridge have designed a device to give a "helping arm" to people with muscular weaknesses such as muscular dystrophy or motor neurone disease. Prototypes have been...
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Rector calls for fund revolution
Fundamental funding reform of British universities is essential for the country to prosper in the knowledge economy, Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College, London, said last week. "If United...
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Wisdom and curiosity? I remember them well
Whatever happened to the academic aims of intellectual inquiry and helping humanity? asks Nicholas Maxwell. Academic inquiry has two fundamental interrelated aims. Both are at present betrayed. One...