Offering a world-class welcome in the Duchy
A world-class research university cannot be set up overnight - it is the work of generations, according to Rolf Tarrach, rector of the year-old University of Luxembourg. "It would be marvellous for...
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Virtual and tangible goals with a Pyrenean flavour
The US State Department last year issued a note of caution about the University of Andorra, writes Alan Osborn. "The number of students makes it impossible for the university to develop a full...
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V-cs hope new minister will slash expensive red tape
Australia's vice-chancellors are to tackle new federal Education Minister Julie Bishop over what they regard as excessive red tape. University leaders say they have been troubled by over-regulation...
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All 77 of Turkey's rectors risk jail
All of Turkey's 77 university rectors are under investigation by the prosecutor's office after they criticised the arrest and prosecution of a colleague. The state's chief prosecutor confirmed he was...
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Budget gap looms in US
Every state in the US faces a potential budget deficit that is likely to leave public higher education with less financial support than ever as it competes with demands for spending on health care...
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Siena imbroglio
The president of the Italian Rectors' Conference, Piero Tosi, has been suspended from his post as rector of Siena University pending an investigation into alleged abuses in hiring staff. The...
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Corporate raiding made easy
The software company that markets the world-dominant commercial virtual learning environment to hundreds of universities has joined the major league of new technology players with its own title in...
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The thoughtful role that dare not speak its name
Despite denials that they exist, British intellectuals are both native and necessary, argues Stefan Collini The history of the idea of the intellectual in Britain is, by and large, a history of...
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Nancy Rothwell
Universities across the country are documenting, reviewing and assessing the research achievements of every member of staff. How important was that research paper, monograph or book? What is the...
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When Harry met Richard, David and bilbo...
SLASH FICTION STUDY DAY Cultural Exchanges Arts Festival De Montfort University At last it can be revealed: Richard Madeley is pregnant with David Beckham's baby. Impossible? Not in the world of...
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Eclipsed on dark side of room
Vice-chancellors met in Birmingham for a Universities UK conference last weekend, and with days to go before the strikes there was no shortage of things to discuss. At the Universities and Colleges...
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Non-group lack food for thought
A meeting was announced for 7.30 on the Friday morning of the rather random non-group known as the "Non-aligned Universities". The programme noted that the meeting would take place in a room so small...
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Striking lack of resemblance
Meanwhile other university chiefs were enjoying the political complications emerging in the two not-yet-merged unions as they organised their strike. Faced with the possibility of his Association of...
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Star-struck come back to Earth
UUK almost proved that higher education has sex appeal, with a nearly star-studded reception for university chancellors on the rather chilly Terrace at Westminster. Patrick Stewart and Anna Ford were...
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We'll reap prizes of a points system
The managed-migration scheme for foreigners wanting to study in the UK will give more control to universities, says Charles Clarke We have a proud tradition of attracting the brightest and best from...