Ideas of Marches
Wales has the supreme good fortune to be far away from Whitehall. It has been possible for the universities, colleges and funding councils there to work away quietly at devising a system for post-...
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Tenure row hits union leader poll
The biggest academic union in the United States is moving towards acceptance of reviews of tenure, under attack in nearly half of the country's 50 states. The 45,000-member American Association of...
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Malay move to educate at home
Malaysia has promised students who study in local universities priority in the queue for scholarships and study loans. The move will hit intakes in Britain and other countries which enrol large...
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Top pay revelations fail to shake Canadian students
Ontario is the most recent province to make public its highest university salaries. Public institutions were given until March 31 to disclose the salaries and taxable benefits of employees earning...
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Apathy rules Japan youth
At the beginning of Japan's academic year in April new students at the country's 500 or so universities have to endure a week-long campaign to persuade them to join campus clubs and societies. Most...
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Radical reforms in firing line
Jairam Reddy, the mild mannered chair of South Africa's National Commission on Higher Education, flinched as he took flak from a vice chancellor and a student during a national television debate on...
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Prison link to increase in crime
Expanding our prison population may increase the level of violent crime on our streets. Research by Monika Platek, assistant professor of law at Warsaw University, suggests that the Government's...
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Early birds catch sun holidays
Not booked your summer holiday yet? Better get on with it, according to tourism expert Allan Beaver from Surrey University. Mr Beaver says his research shows cheap last-minute packages will be rare...
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Sector eyes profit-related pay
News that profit-related pay may be introduced in universities caused consternation among unions and triggered denials from university authorities this week. Alison Utley explains how such schemes...
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The fast track
(Photograph) - The fast track: Madhumath Krishnamurthy from India and Nathalie Denys from Norway, two of 22 students from six countries studying for an international diploma in journalism at...
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Rapid expansion threatens quality
The Further Education Funding Council for Wales has warned that expansion will have to slow down if quality is to be maintained. Further education colleges in Wales have proved remarkably successful...
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Call off the inspector
The Welsh are proud of their own brand of quality assurance. So much so that they might even resist moves to push them together with the English in a new, single quality regime. Many of the...
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Grassroots bid to retain talent
How do you keep a Welsh graduate in Wales, give a former miner the chance to do a degree, regenerate your local economy and forge a regional identity for your institution all at the same time? Welsh...