Students' legal bid to save lecturer
Students are seeking a court injunction against Swansea University to force it to reinstate a suspended lecturer whose absence, they say, has affected their learning. The move is the latest in a...
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Nelson's a hero, but we are all at sea over Emma
Horatio Nelson's reputation may still be intact after The Times Higher 's latest debate but the same cannot be said about his mistress, Emma Hamilton, who emerged as the prototype footballer's wife....
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Killings back in focus
A new book has shed light on the role played by Britain in the 20th century's "forgotten genocide", which began 90 years ago this week and claimed the lives of an estimated 1 million Armenians. The...
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V-cs unconvinced by Australian RAE plan
Australian vice-chancellors are sceptical about a planned research assessment process developed by Sir Gareth Roberts. Sir Gareth, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, is confident that his work for...
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Istanbul
Omer Dincer, a Turkish academic who last year took part in a national debate on ethics and corruption, has been stripped of his doctorate and barred from working in public life after two commissions...
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Tripoli
Libya's Attahdi University and the University of Sousse in Tunisia on Wednesday signed a scientific and cultural co-operation agreement to undertake joint scientific research projects and programmes.
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Dresden
A German visa scandal has thwarted plans by 29 Ukrainian exchange students to attend classes at the Technical University in Dresden to improve their knowledge and understanding of the German language...
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Abuja
Peter Okebukola, executive secretary of Nigeria's National University Commission, and Ben Njoku, vice-chancellor of the Owerri Technology University, are facing trial. The Economic and Finance Crime...
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US sells the benefits of education on the box
A coalition of US higher education associations hopes to raise $1.5 million (£700,000) for a campaign to convince people that it is important to support universities. The three-year public trust...
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Red-faced South Africans seek statistical help
Statistics South Africa, the country's official data agency, is mounting a global search for staff after errors made in calculating economic figures undermined its credibility. Pali Lehohla, the...
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Change cuts NZ intake
Early indications are that numbers of first-year enrolments have declined at New Zealand universities because many applicants have not met new entrance requirements. According to figures from the...
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Swedes struggle to write in English
English departments in Sweden are in crisis and English proficiency among new students is a major concern, writes Jon Buscall in Stockholm. Many students speak excellent English, but growing numbers...
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EU backs cash boost and fees
European Union funding of universities could increase dramatically between 2007 and 2013 under proposals released this week by the European Commission. But the Commission controversially threw its...
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Rectors pan 'DIY' venture
Italy's academic establishment is furious at a government decision to award degree-awarding powers to a private university that has no students, no faculty and that will be based in a former cinema....
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Welcome to St Anne's...not
Election purdah may have muted discussions during last week's Higher Education Funding Council for England conference, but Oxford University still upset most university heads present. Despite...