'Unwieldy' DTI under attack
A new Science and Innovation Agency should replace the Office of Science and Technology, according to a report published this week. Independent think-tank Demos has called for a restructuring of the...
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Chief tries to win over protesters
The chancellor and vice-chancellor of the Athens Technological University, who resigned last month in protest at the upgrading of the country's technological institutes to university status, have...
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French upset that English is en vogue
Although legal sanctions exist to safeguard the purity of French, the country's academic community is increasingly turning to English. Every year, the Délégation Générale à la Langue Française...
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Pristina thanks EU for its revival
Work on a €4.5 million (£2.7 million) European Union-funded project to improve facilities at the University of Pristina in Kosovo has been completed, as the institution reverts to normality after...
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Rebel state to spark battle for students
Germany's system for allocation of university places could collapse following the withdrawal of one of the country's most powerful states. Baden-Württemberg has decided to terminate its contract with...
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First lady backs Brazil's literacy bid
Brazilian universities are the linchpin in a radical project to cut illiteracy in South America's largest country, its first lady, Ruth Cardoso, told a London audience last month. Dr Cardoso, an...
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Oz gets tough on study visa
Following a huge increase in the number of foreign students seeking to enrol in Australian education institutions, the federal government last week adopted tighter visa regulations. During the past...
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Yale academic seeks no-strike lecture pledge
The bestselling British author of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers has stepped into a dispute between Yale University and its graduate teaching assistants by laying down conditions under which...
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Bright sparks noted by RCA
Karaoke in the shower and texting for the elderly are among the technological advances being proposed by Royal College of Art graduates. Student Cristian Norlin said: "I think as a designer dealing...
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Consortia reject UK favourite
Universities and colleges are upset at no longer being able to buy computers from a British company since its exclusion from three purchasing consortia. London-based Dan Technologies has been selling...
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Gaming scholars come out of closet for revolution
Research into computer games is essential in understanding the digital revolution, according to the organisers of a Bristol conference. Jon Dovey, who ran the Game Cultures weekend, said ludology was...
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Student's site is a godsend to drivers
A PhD student has developed a website to reduce traffic congestion in Manchester by making parking easier. The site was designed by Ioannis Tsopelas, of the University of Manchester Institute of...
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Alas, devolved projects lack devolved thinking
Regional consortia could offer stability to institutions that are not wannabe Oxbridges. But John Ashworth isn't holding his breath. Twenty years ago the then University Grants Committee imposed a...
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Retention please
Wider participation is important, but so is ensuring that existing students graduate, argues Liz Allen. Week after week, the headlines are filled with initiatives to help open higher education to non...
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Take a look at the evidence
Ann Oakley says it is arrogant of academics to dismiss new approaches. Every era in educational policy breeds its own buzz words and one of today's is undoubtedly "evidence". It is clear that there...