Anti-sleaze squad sent in
THE South African government is to use new powers under the higher education act to probe allegations of mismanagement and corruption at the universities of Venda and Transkei, and Vaal Triangle...
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China struggles with jobs crisis
YOUNG people of working age in China will not be allowed to seek jobs until they complete one to three years of higher education or professional training, according to a new government ruling. The...
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Ministry roots out its moles
INDIA's education ministry is finally cracking down on "fake" universities that have mushroomed with the surge in demand for degrees. Education minister Manohar Joshi told parliament last week that...
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President orders Tajik scholars to come home
The president of Tajikistan has recalled all Tajik students and scholars attending foreign universities. His summons was quickly answered: more than 100 students have already returned from Iran. The...
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Simpler visas to attract students
AUSTRALIA is bolstering its Aus$3.4 billion (Pounds 1.3 billion) education import-export industry by simplifying student visa applications from next year. Visitors and temporary residents from so-...
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$21 million to support the Australian education and training services
In a related decision, education minister David Kemp announced the government would spend $21 million over the next four years to support the marketing and promotion of Australian education and...
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City life sizzles for aspiring students
CITY schools are hot and it is not just the summer temperatures. United States urban universities and colleges that once considered their surroundings a liability are suddenly finding they are assets...
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Black Republican stalks fat-cat entry favours
WARD Connerly, the black conservative who has done more than anyone else to end special admissions in the United States for minority students, has turned his attention to the children of the wealthy...
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Priorities for welfare
In the first of a five-part series looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for higher education, Howard Glennerster sets the scene In the first week of July the 50th anniversary...
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A wine for each occasion
UK higher education has several brands. Making them uniform would be bland and boring, argues Mike Thorne IT IS hardly surprising that the Quality Assurance Agency is floundering with the post-...
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Odious comparisons
Roger Brown argues that pursuit of comparability in an external quality framework will lead to failure THE continuing difficulties in establishing an external quality framework for higher education...
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Retrograde thinking
THE Higher Education Funding Council's intention to request tenders for Pounds 30 million to set up centres of teaching expertise in specific subject areas (THES, July 31) is a retrograde step. Cliff...
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In defence of CVCP
I HAVE been a member of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals for three years and, whatever may have been the case in the past, the charge of being merely a gentlemen's club (THES, July 24...
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A player, an umpire and a manager describe their roles in the ever-expanding journals game
Citation circus ignites explosion THE SUBMITTER'S TALE Graham Barnfield, lecturer in American studies, Brunel. "It's a waiting game: from sending an article to a journal to actually getting the...
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Celebrity scientist
Paul Davies, one of the world's great communicators of science, talks to Harriet Swain about religion and fame, and (right) explains why the origin of life remains such a mystery Paul Davies is...