Paris wins something after all
Parisians may still be smarting from the loss of the Olympic Games to London, but one academic is doing his bit to rebuild bridges between the two capitals. Colin Jones, professor of French history...
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Hull hath no fury like a city scorned
Lecturers fear that Lincoln University is preparing to pull out of its remaining premises in Hull amid claims by David Chiddick, the vice-chancellor, that the city is unappealing to students. Natfhe...
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Post-92s set to resist fee hike
Most new universities look set to resist the temptation to increase tuition fees for part-time students in 2006 amid fears that the market is too "fragile" to survive a hike in charges. Campaigning...
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'Our environment work merits fairer cash deal'
The head of a Scottish university that helped chart a pre-G8 roadmap for investment in African universities has called for a fairer funding deal for all post-92 institutions in the UK, writes Olga...
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Expansion tops off a reversal of fortunes
Phil Baty reports on plans to make Newcastle a focus of academic excellence Kel Fidler had barely got his feet under the vice-chancellor's desk at Northumbria University when he made a discovery that...
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£300m Science Central aims to boost business and jobs
Phil Baty reports on plans to make Newcastle a focus of academic excellence Plans for a £300 million investment designed to make Newcastle University a world-class centre for science and innovation...
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Bid to create a German Ivy League receives a £1.3bn shot in the arm
Germany is to embark on a billion-euro spending spree to give its stagnating university system a shot in the arm through the creation of elite universities to rival Oxbridge. Faced with overcrowded...
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Forces target US campuses
The US military is bypassing longstanding privacy laws to collect student information from universities as it seeks to bolster the number of recruits to the armed forces, which is falling in the wake...
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Russia scraps military studies
Military faculties at all but a handful of Russian universities are to be phased out on the orders of the Defence Ministry. Officially the aim is to cut costs, but the Russian media has interpreted...
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Crumbling Paris-3 at risk
There are fears for the future of a leading university that specialises in modern humanities unless extensive repairs, reconstruction and expansion of its buildings are carried out. Nearly 20,000...
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Pulled paper sparks row
A doctoral student at Stockholm University's department of Oriental languages claims to have been barred from a conference because of his controversial research, although conference organisers said...
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Australians call for boycott after government 'attack'
Australian academics are considering boycotting committees that report to the federal Government. The National Tertiary Education Union will consider the call for a boycott after an appeal from an...
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Good dress sense - and poor pay - are in fashion
The view that many 'skills' are desirable behaviour rather than technical ability is cause for alarm, believes Ewart Keep Barely a day goes by without some politician talking earnestly about the...
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Fee foes united, but undecided
It's one thing getting people to agree to sing from the same hymn-sheet, it's quite another getting agreement about the wording of the hymn. The Government's public relations coup in getting the anti...
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Discuss it over a pint
Northumbria University is proud of its history of excellent relationships with its local Chief Constables - so much so that it even made Lord Stevens, the Chief Constable of Northumbria Police in the...