A rainbow still out of reach
More affirmative action is needed if South Africa is to approach Mandela's vision of society, David Jobbins writes If South Africa's tiny political opposition is to be believed, Thabo Mbeki is...
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Crete is in need of more nomads
As rector of the University of Crete, Christos Nikolaou might be expected to rejoice in his office on Rethymon campus, less than half a mile from the site of King Midas's palace. Crete is a beautiful...
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Overseas students fear racist violence
A wave of attacks on foreigners in Germany by right-wing extremists is hindering efforts by the German Academic Exchange Service (Daad) to attract overseas students to the country, experts report....
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Rectors told to brush up language or lose job
Several universities in the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan will find themselves without rectors when the new academic year starts this week, unless academic leaders sharpen their language...
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Turkish education chief cleared of charges
A parliamentary commission has cleared the head of Yok, Turkey's higher education authority, of intimidating rectors and misusing his power. Kemal Guruz and other Yok members were accused by a...
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Business dons cross the border for richer pickings
Canada is struggling to keep its business gurus from relocating to rich American business schools, according to a report. Paul Beamish, from Western Ontario's Richard Ivey School of Business, has...
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Vladivostok basks in its freedom
The insistence of the old Soviet regime that it approve any new university programmes no longer hangs heavily on a rejuvenated Far Eastern State University. President Vladimir Kurilov's Vladivostok...
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Skills shortage hits industry
Australia's chief scientist, Robin Batterham, has presented the federal government with a gloomy report on the state of science, engineering and technology. Following an "audit" of science...
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US is hot on funds, cool on PC
The peculiar spectacle that is the American presidential campaign typically begins in earnest in September, and this time education is taking centre stage. Picking up on public opinion polls that...
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Blue-chip welcome
Top names in the world's fastest-growing industry witnessed the launch of a new computer entertainment research centre at Abertay University this week. Siemens, Ericsson, Nokia and other top...
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Food for thought
Academics at Nottingham Trent University have been sowing the seeds for international agricultural research links by offering a unique training programme for key figures from Indian agriculture and...
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Ebook advance
Adobe Systems is to buy Boston-based ebook company Glassbook, which develops consumer and commercial software for the ebook market, automating the supply chain for publishers, booksellers,...
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Stone age
British scientists claim to have created the world's first intelligent pebble. The smart stone has been developed to help researchers understand the processes that can lead to coastal erosion or...
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Fertile idea
Going to market has gone online for Ayrshire farmers, with the help of Kilmarnock College. The college is offering local farmers computer training and a website. The project, jointly funded by the...
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Job skills boosted with free laptops
Hundreds of new entrants to two Scottish universities, Strathclyde and Paisley, are about to be greeted with the ultimate in "freebies" - a laptop that aims to make them more employable. Strathclyde...