University of Wales, Lampeter
The University of Wales, Lampeter, may have to scale down its range of subjects and activities after a dramatic drop in enrolment. Vice-chancellor Keith Robbins has warned staff that the university...
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Cow power
(Photograph) - Maitland Mackie, chairman of the Aberdeenshire-based dairy company Mackie's of Scotland, has donated historic local Milk Marketing Board records to Aberdeen University. Alan Knox,...
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Scotland leads rest of UK in widening participation
Scottish universities have a better record on widening access than the UK average, and are also improving faster, according to the latest figures. The UK average for young full-time entrants from...
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How to apply for a grant
A successful grant application involves time, effort and a good idea, Paul Wymer writes. As well as being demonstrably "the right stuff" in their own field of activity, academics must also be...
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Eyewitness
The economic boom that Kuwait has built in the past 30 years on oil has not come without cost to the flora and fauna of the country's small offshore islands in the Gulf. Their fragile ecosystems are...
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Belgrade
Belgrade University students and Serbian police marched together this week to demand that President Milosevic return the "stolen" presidential election to Vojislav Kostunica, who claims 52 per cent...
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Tittle-tattle in Pole position
The hot favourite for Polish president faces a few education problems - not least his own, says George Blazyca On Sunday, Poland will choose its president for the next five years. This time, unlike...
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Colleges open in Chechnya
The Russian education ministry has reopened three universities in the Chechen capital Grozny even though fighting between federal forces and rebels continues. Students were officially welcomed back...
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Islamic students barred in Turkey
Thousands of women wearing Islamic headscarves and men sporting beards were barred from enrolling at Turkish universities for the fourth year running. More than 500 students at Ankara University's...
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Protesters fight plan to levy fees
Austria's controversial right-of-centre government has for the first time since its formation in February met an opponent more formidable than the European Union, its "wise men" and Jacques Chirac...
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Vatican angers Jews
A day of dialogue between Jews and Christians scheduled to take place this month at Rome's Pontifical University has been called off by the Jewish participants. The decision follows the Vatican's...
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Bond enters canon
The English classics curriculum at Delhi University is to be reduced to make room for more contemporary texts, including popular fiction, in a move that has raised eyebrows in conservative academic...
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Lessons from a 7ft penis
Campus groups trying to educate students about sex are taking a lesson from a popular performer, who is dressing up their message in a provocative cabaret. Posters denouncing homophobia are being...
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Staff land Harvard with suit for $120m
The US government is suing Harvard University for $120 million (Pounds 82 million), alleging that two faculty members used a government-backed development programme in Russia for personal gain. The...
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Academic freedom stifled by contracts
Academic freedom is yielding to commercial interests as companies hiring university researchers are drafting contracts that play in their favour, according to a recent analysis of research agreements...