Thai civil servants fear status loss
BANGKOK Thailand is pushing for all state-run universities to become independent of the government bureaucracy by the end of 2002 despite staff resistance to losing their civil servant status....
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Engineer drop-out sues for his failure
MONTREAL A Canadian student is suing his former high school for allegedly failing to prepare him properly for the demands of a university engineering course. Jonathan Govias blames the exclusive...
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Luanda
Staff at the Angolan university have begun an indefinite strike in support of a 100 per cent salary rise. They argue that purchasing power has been completely eroded since the resumption of the civil...
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Don's diary
Thursday Learn we have received a grant from the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund for our Children and Armed Conflict Unit. It is a good start to a fortnight to be spent in Kosovo. Friday Catch the...
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Deaths faked in loans scam
BOSTON Some Americans will do anything to get out of repaying their student loans, including faking their own deaths. A government investigation has found that $70 million of student loans went...
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O solar mio!
(Photograph) - O solar mio! A student from Isfahan University in Iran watches last Wednesday's solar eclipse through special glasses. Isfahan was expected to get the clearest view in the world of the...
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Agency curtails working group
The Quality Assurance Agency has "stood down" its working group on student complaints, leaving angry members complaining that the final draft of its code of practice remains flawed, writes Phil Baty...
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College stung in visa scam
Melton Mowbray College helped an under-qualified overseas student to circumvent immigration requirements and secure entry to the United Kingdom, it emerged this week. The revelation comes just weeks...
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Prescott rules on bio-tech cluster future
The future expansion of some of the most prestigious laboratories in the Cambridge high-tech cluster will be decided in the next few weeks by environment secretary John Prescott. The announcements...
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Sterling Group trades on quality
The gloves came off in higher education this week after a group of United Kingdom universities advertising themselves as elite institutions revealed plans to target the domestic market. The Sterling...
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Christ's tops Cams' league
Undergraduate exam successes have pushed Christ's College to the top of this year's Tompkins table, the unofficial ranking of Cambridge University's colleges. The table, compiled by awarding each...
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Stars fail to shine for a QAA with systems in its eyes
One of the worst quality audit reports has been given to one of Britain's most prestigious music and drama conservatoires. The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, accredited by City University and...
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Institutions invited to pitch for Pounds 89m earmarked to improve teaching
Universities are being encouraged to develop teaching and learning strategies "explicitly linked to the institution's corporate plan", under new guidelines published by the Higher Education Funding...
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All hail Taxi Kennedy
Eyes may be on developments in the Liberal Democrats' transport policy following the election of Charles Kennedy as party leader. When Mr Kennedy was president of the Glasgow University students'...
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Kenneth Barker
What better credentials for heading troubled Thames Valley University than more than 40 years' experience in education, 30 years in management and three years in the army? Add to this the...