Poet in the dock
Dreaming spires apart, rarely does a university building inspire poetic feelings. But the University of East London's new Docklands campus has had just this effect on Patrick Hodgkinson, emeritus...
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Interesting websites
Oxford University has proudly announced the 11th spin-off company in two years from its commercial arm, Isis Innovation. The company, called ThirdPhase Limited, is developing a system for safely...
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Winning by a whisker?
A surprise candidate in the race for London mayor? Alan Carr, president of the Association of University Teachers, was pleased to greet both familiar and unfamiliar faces at the AUT's Scottish...
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Kumar Bhattacharyya
The success of Kumar Bhattacharyya's Warwick Manufacturing Group has been the envy of universities across the country. Started by Professor Bhattacharyya 20 years ago, with himself as the only...
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On the move
Nick Stuart, director general of the employment, lifelong learning and international directorate at the Department for Education and Employment, is to head a new lifelong learning directorate,...
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Glittering prizes
Chris Welch, principal lecturer in astronautics in the School of MAP Engineering at Kingston University, has been elected vice-chair of the affiliate campuses of the International Space University...
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Eyewitness
In May 1940, 55 British citizens were deported from Denmark to German detention camps near Nuremberg, where they remained throughout the war. The Danish government consented to the deportation of the...
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East reaps what aid sowed
Vera Rich reports on how Britain's academic relations with the former Soviet bloc have ripened in a decade. Ten years ago this month, Lithuania declared independence, triggering a process that within...
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Baltimore
A court has upheld the right of Johns Hopkins University to withhold a diploma from a student who was convicted of murder after he completed the requirements for his degree. Robert J. Harwood Jr is...
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Messina
Two lecturers at Messina University are under investigation for alleged links with the Calabrian Mafia, the 'Ndrangheta. More than 50 arrest warrants have been issued for suspected Mafia members....
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Nis
Albin Kurti, a Kosovar Albanian student, has been jailed for 15 years on charges including separatism, jeopardising the territorial integrity of Yugoslavia and conspiring to commit hostile acts...
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Boycott call in contracts row
The organisation representing German university professors has advised young academics to boycott professorial appointments in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg. It follows the state...
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French to overhaul teacher training
A decade after comprehensive reform, France's teacher training faces a fresh overhaul, which will give added weight to professional skills and provide students with more classroom experience. The...
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Hope for university reforms follows Spanish election
As Spain's ruling Popular Party savours victory at the polls, academics are critical of the government's record on universities but cautiously optimistic for the future. "The last legislature was not...
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Polish kidnap victims released
Two Polish academics, held by Chechen kidnappers since last August, have been freed after 208 days in captivity. Zofia Fiszer-Malanowska, 66, and Ewa Marchwinska-Wyrwal, 56, environmental biologists...