On the move
Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and of the Library and Information Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which will replace the LIC and...
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Glittering prizes
Nigel Reeves, pro vice-chancellor for external affairs at Aston University, has received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to British-...
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Bulgarian reforms aim to smooth path to Europe
Bulgarian universities are to switch to a four-year first degree with a masters degree awarded after a fifth year of study. This replaces a five-year course ending with a diploma. The government is...
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Chest cuts discount deal for MS
Oxford University and higher education's software negotiator Chest went shopping Europe-wide for the best deal on Microsoft software - and they found it close to home in London. Chest software team...
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A sound initiative
A Coventry University business initiative has helped two graduates launch an internet record label. Wendy Grossman reports One of the youngest British new media businesses owes its existence to a...
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Dundee University wins Pounds 330,000 to launch digital archive
Dundee University has won more than Pounds 330,000 for an ambitious project to preserve Scotland's historic architectural drawings in digital form. It will scan thousands of drawings and photographs...
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AUTS blames govt for boycott
The Association of University Teachers Scotland is urging university applicants hit by its admissions boycott to demand why the government is not helping resolve the academic pay dispute. The AUTS...
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Forbes fights Singer's new Princeton post
BOSTON The appointment of philosopher Peter Singer to a prestigious seat at Princeton University has provoked national demands for his dismissal - from, among others, Steve Forbes, a multimillionaire...
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Admissions systems around the world
Turkey Turkey's admissions system is centralised and highly competitive, writes Jennifer Currie. Every high school leaver is entitled to sit the standardised university entrance exam in June, which...
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Astana
Kazakhstan has introduced a cost-cutting law that allots a blanket sum to education. University and college students will have to compete for grants and credits. Tuition is free but board, lodging...
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Washington
United States education secretary Richard Riley has warned college and university leaders that the seriousness of the Y2K computer problem in higher education could prevent students from receiving...
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Cubie inquiry sets out key questions for debate
Scotland's independent inquiry into student finance this week asked whether education should be free to all, "and if so, who is all?" writes Olga Wojtas. The committee, chaired by Andrew Cubie, was...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has retroactively revoked the degree of a 1998 graduate accused of serving alcohol at a party where a first-year student drank himself to death. Charles Yoo...
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A ruckus over UCAS
The universities admissions system is in need of an overhaul but the proposed alternative, post-qualification admissions, has been almost universally rejected. Alison Utley reports. University...
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'Clearing happens so quickly there's no time to think it through'
Nina Oakes's A-level results were not what she had expected. While her grade A in music was welcome, two Es for maths and physics threatened to scupper her dream of studying engineering at university...