France may restrict entry rights
A report on the future of French universities, commissioned by higher education minister Francois Fillon, raised a storm of protest when its contents were leaked to the press. Mr Fillon has now...
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Italy opts for state of academics
Half of the new Italian government - ten ministers out of 20 - are full-time or part-time university teachers. Not surprisingly, the new administration was immediately called il governo dei...
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Cuts put brake on expansion
Israel's minister of education, Amnon Rubinstein, was this week trying to find savings of 151 million shekels (Pounds 33.5 million) in his ministry's spending to meet government expenditure cuts...
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The appliance of science potential
Science minister David Hunt announced the allocation of the Pounds 1.3 billion science budget yesterday. Mark Richmond argues against Government attempts to micro-manage research. It is now nearly...
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The student experience: funding. . .
Despite all the recent coverage of student funding - whether polls, politicians-in-search-of-a-policy or the more considered views to be found in your columns, there is a deafening silence from those...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. (Week 1, London to Nairobi). Heathrow departure for Nairobi - a conference trip to Sri Lanka has subtly expanded to a five-week world tour. First stop is the Kenya Forestry Research Institute...
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All power to the network, please
Academics are used to being pilloried for being out of touch. But in two rather important ways their normal working methods may be harbingers of the future for the rest of society. The first is JANET...
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Government reviews Oxbridge funding
The Government is taking a fresh look at funding arrangements for Oxford and Cambridge universities, including the automatic payment of college fees. Ministers are preparing to make a final decision...
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Quality and coherence
FE Colleges. The Association for Colleges looks forward to the fusion of academic and NVQ-based learning into a single coherent qualification structure up to postgraduate level. It foresees expansion...
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Tories set up reform team
The Conservative Party launched its own review of higher education this week, to run in parallel with that of the Government. A manifesto group of vice chancellors, academics and business leaders,...
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National Commision on education
The National Commission on Education criticises the decision to separate discussion on the purposes and size of the sector from that on funding and argues: "The present arrangements for institutional...
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Distinctive Scottish mission accepted
Scotland. The Scottish Office has moved to allay fears that the higher education review announced by Gillian Shephard will ignore the distinctive education system north of the border. Lord James...
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Expansion to a common goal
Unions. The common themes espoused by university unions in their submissions are summed up by clarion calls for a "learning society" - unfettered by financial constraints. Natfhe, the AUT and the...