Son at centre of APU storm will not return
The lecturer at the centre of allegations of nepotism at Anglia Polytechnic University will not be returning from sick leave, his trade union has told staff. Jonathan Jenkins, a lecturer at the...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Work on the emails that accumulated over the last week while my colleagues and I were preparing the school's academic plan. Lunchtime: start reading a doctoral thesis I am externally examining...
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In the news
A man with homely hobbies - he lists "my family (including sundry cats)" and cooking as his interests in Who's Who, along with golf and rugby union - Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities...
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On the move
Brice Dickson, a barrister and professor of law at the University of Ulster for the past eight years, has been appointed the first human rights commissioner for Northern Ireland. He will head a team...
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Glittering prizes
Adrian Bird, Buchanan professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded the 1999 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine - Pounds 0,000 towards further research and a personal award of...
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Frankfurt
German foreign minister Joschka Fischer (Green) has suggested a Frankfurt School of Economics should be set up in the European financial capital. He told the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper that such...
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Florence
The production methods and marketing policies of Tuscany's most celebrated Chianti producer, Marquis Vittorio Frescobaldi, are attracting the attention of Harvard economists, who have decided to...
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Akureyri
An Arctic institute has been established on Iceland to cement internal collaboration in the country's research environment, promote sustainable development in the Arctic areas and strengthen Iceland'...
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Kuala Lumpur
The Malaysian government agency responsible for preparing and sponsoring higher education students has asked for M$582 million (Pounds 92.3 million) from the country's entrepreneur development...
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The devil is in the detail
Bryan Gould says the New Zealand government's 'fair' proposals threaten the universities' international standing Unlike the United Kingdom or Australia, New Zealand retains a differentiated higher...
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Eye witness
In Sierra Leone, a fragile ceasefire has made little impact on the fierce battle for Freetown, the capital, between rebel forces and Nigerian troops who form the mainstay of the ECOMOG peace-keeping...
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US lawyers fight for gay GI rights
American law professors have put their considerable persuasive skills behind an effort to get gays and lesbians an equal place in the nation's armed forces. More than 180 faculty members from about...
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Academic cold war sets in after sanctions on 'missile aid' to Iran
Sanctions imposed by the Americans against three top Russian technical universities, following claims that they were helping Iran build missiles and nuclear weapons, have provoked fears that years of...
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Gender tables turned in key Australian university posts
A change that will shatter male domination of Australian universities forever has occurred over the past ten years. The lonely female pioneers who made their mark in the leading professions in the...
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Violence erupts as premier visits University of Barcelona
The Autonomous University of Barcelona has declared Spanish prime minister Jose Mar!a Aznar persona non grata after a visit to the campus ended with an "unprovoked" attack on students by police....