Masters of the Universe
Crunch time approaches for members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, who have been locked in discussion about the issue perhaps closest to their hearts - their name. Urged to...
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Image comes first
The CVCP may want to consult with colleagues in the higher education colleges on image-making. The Standing Conference of Principals feels "Scop" is a suitably peppy title for the new millennium and...
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Adam becomes an Eve
As female students at Glasgow University this week celebrated International Women's Day by changing campus building names to commemorate women rather than men, it emerged that Mother Nature had given...
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On the move
Members of the Foundation Degree Design Group, which was announced by Education Secretary David Blunkett last month are: Paul Cohen, divisional manager, and Leigh Hackel, team leader, Higher...
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Glittering prizes
Lord (Melvyn) Bragg, broadcaster and novelist, will be installed as chancellor of the University of Leeds in June. He succeeds the Duchess of Kent, who retired in October 1998 because of ill health....
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Eyewitness
Amid the deluge of stories of tragedy, rescue and relief in flood-devastated Mozambique were reports that bad land and water management in the country and its neighbours exacerbated the disaster....
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Sure start on unclear aims
New Zealand's government intends a sharp change for higher education. Bryan Gould considers the effects A change of government often means that little else changes. But the newly elected Labour...
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Penang
Lecturers' promotion at University Sains Malaysia will soon be influenced by student evaluations. Vice-chancellor Ishak Tambi Kechik said students will assess lecturers' performances through a "...
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Agadir
Students at the University of Agadir protested against the arrest of five colleagues suspected of being "spies" for the Algeria-based Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front. Some...
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Jericho
The 28 Palestinian students held by Palestinian security forces after rocks were thrown at French prime minister Lionel Jospin were all released early this week. Mr Jospin had called the Hezbollah...
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Black colleges suffer cuts
South Africa's formerly white universities received most of the state subsidy increases for higher education in last week's government budget while some historically black institutions had their...
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Students flee killings
Students and lecturers at Nigerian universities have been caught up in religious riots that have claimed more than 700 lives in the country's central region. At the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria...
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Back door to immigration
Pacific island nations have become stepping stones in an illegal immigration racket that stretches from Fujian province in southern China to the United States territory of Guam. For $20,000, those...
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Contracts bring fear over job security
More than a quarter of Australia's 40,000 academics live in a constant state of uncertainty over job security. They are still employed on short-term contracts despite a ban on the practice by the...
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Low-scoring Dutch lose free ride
Nearly 13,000 Dutch first-year students face either retaking their course or dropping out and repaying their grants. Under the Netherlands' new university system, the students have failed to gain...