The campus of the University of Zimbabwe is eerily quiet. It is mid-term, but there are no students and very few staff. Work has all but ground to a halt, the result of a lecturers' pay strike that...
An inquiry has started into possible violations of academic freedom by a Canadian teaching hospital after a Halifax doctor had her research interrupted for five months. The Canadian Association of...
Behind the glitter of Tel Aviv University's new buildings lies an annual deficit of 209 million shekels (£ million) and an expected deficit in next year's budget of about 250 million shekels....
Higher education reforms in Mozambique have suffered a severe blow after Sweden suspended financial assistance to Eduardo Mondlane University because of corruption. There are fears that other key...
Four institutions from both sides of the Mediterranean are joining forces to launch a new business school in Morocco. The Euro-Mediterranean Business School will begin providing short courses for...
University researchers are being frustrated by restrictions prompted by the US's war on terrorism that set limits on how they conduct their work - and who is allowed access to it. One of the issues...
The government's drive for critical mass in research overlooks many subtleties of innovation, argues Paul Wellings Government plans to link research quality and critical mass need to be tested with...
King's College London admitted this week that its chemistry department is considered unsustainable and may face closure. The news comes a week after King's chemistry professor Susan Gibson was named...
The Open University has had to upgrade some of its degree courses after the Quality Assurance Agency said that they lacked enough higher-level study, forcing more than 1,000 students to change their...
Admissions staff will be given professional training under a scheme announced this week by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, writes Alison Goddard. The scheme - to be launched on July...
Next week sees the launch of the latest book by astronomer royal Sir Martin Rees. Secrecy surrounds the contents of Our Final Century?, but The Diary can divulge what Fortune magazine reported Sir...
Students from Hong Kong, southern China and parts of Southeast Asia have been warned not to return home for the Easter break in an effort to prevent their contracting the deadly severe acute...
Paul Mackney, general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, and Jane McAdoo, president of the Association of University Teachers, helped the Trades Union Congress team to a 150 to 120 points victory...
The award for the most glamorous science degree to be launched this year must surely go to the London College of Fashion. It is offering students the opportunity to get a BSc in cosmetic science. The...
News of another proposed merger has reached The Diary. The University of Bums on Seats - formerly Peckham Polytechnic - is considering whether to join forces with the Peckham Adult Network for...