The dismissal of two ethnic-Hungarian lecturers from the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj (Romania) has prompted a high-level response from the Hungarian Government. They were dismissed for putting up...
British universities are failing to develop academic ties with the "exiled" European Humanities University in Lithuania after its effective expulsion from Belarus, according to its rector. Agents in...
France's teacher training institutes face a major overhaul as they prepare to integrate with universities and make their programmes longer, with a greater emphasis on practical elements. Gilles de...
For the first time an Italian university has decided which lecturers to sack based on student evaluation. After substantial cuts to funding in the 2007 budget, the engineering faculty of Bologna...
New owner of the US partner in global e-learning scheme may withdraw cash support, reports Geoff Maslen The future of an online university established by the Universitas 21 international consortium...
By switching to quantitative markers to assess research we risk missing out on key discoveries, argues Ole Petersen There is no substitute for expert judgment in assessing the research of a...
How illiterate are today's students? It is increasingly difficult to tell. Last month, I received an e-mail headed: "Proofreading your essays, reports, dissertations and other professional documents...
In the time it took one university to validate a foundation degree, 4 million people in India and China gained degrees of their own. The institution concerned no doubt had exceptional reasons for the...
Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell's enthusiasm for his brief has never been in doubt. However, the minister may have rather overegged the pudding when he described the introduction of the new 14...
Famous alumni do not always provide useful marketing soundbites for their alma maters. When John Carey, professor emeritus of English literature at Oxford University, asked Nobel laureate V. S....
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology might need a hand with the second of its annual photography exhibitions to raise the profile of women in science. Welcome as it...
Academic freedom to publish our research must be paramount, says Satoshi Kanazawa, whose work on IQ brought him death threats David Hilbert is a hero of mine. His most famous quote - " Wir müssen...
Universities must go beyond equality schemes and change a culture that 'disables' people, says Christopher Baswell A favourite acronym in American disability circles is Tab: "temporarily able-bodied...
Are academics wasting their time by working on TV and radio shows that bring the fruits of research to the public, asks Maria Misra In the past few weeks, I have been approached by television and...
A happy and healthy workplace is a productive workplace, says Harriet Swain. So establishing an office environment that is physically, emotionally and mentally harmonious will benefit everyone. Fancy...