Remember the old days when prospective students chose where to study based on little more than a campus tour, a flick through the prospectus and perhaps, most decisively, a family recommendation? No...
Jonathan Briggs is a connoisseur of blogging. The professor of new media design at Kingston University has used his weblogs over the past four years to publicise his work and spark debate among his...
Europe is not requiring grant recipients to publish in free online journals, but it might do so soon, says Keith Nuthall The European Commission has shied away from forcing all recipients of research...
Austria's Education Ministry is considering a bizarre plan to exempt students from paying university fees if they agree to join one of the country's lederhosen-wearing brass bands. Horst Wiedenhofer...
Australian higher education is likely to be a key issue in this year's federal election. The topic is high on the agenda of the Labor Party, whose new leader, Kevin Rudd, has attacked the Government...
A lawsuit has been filed against three of the world's largest mobile telephone makers over an infringement of patented technology developed at the University of Washington. The companies are also...
One outspoken victim of football 'hazing' has prompted a Canadian institution to ban the practice, writes Philip Fine A Canadian university that cancelled a season of gridiron football after one of...
The proportion of pupils leaving school in South Africa with the qualifications to enter university has fallen for the fourth year running. This has forced the higher education sector, which has...
A 22-year-old man was arrested in New Jersey for assaulting 78-year-old Eli Wiesel, the Nobel laureate, during a conference in San Francisco. Eric Hunt is charged with attempted kidnapping, false...
The European Commission has established an expert group to look at boosting philanthropic donations to European Union universities, colleges and research institutions. The committee will report by...
The authorities at the National University in Libreville, Gabon, have expelled eight students. The leaders of the National Student Union were alleged to have manhandled academics who continued to...
Students rioted against the Vietnam War, but little has been heard from universities about Iraq, says Mary Evans Ten days ago in my local supermarket, I met the mother of a young man who is serving...
Sally Hunt is sceptical that the performance of university heads merits the rises they received It was good to see The Times Higher finally coming off the fence last week to argue for better pay -...
In the week of the Oscars, a Glasgow University professor organised his own night with the stars. John Brown, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and academic colleagues hosted a ticketed evening of star-...
Bristol University is a breeding ground for vice-chancellors, it would appear. Four geographers who got PhDs from Bristol in the 1970s have recently been appointed vice-chancellor: Richard Davies (...