Secretive institutes forced to rethink
A Dutch academic has won a case at the European Court of Justice that forces European Union institutions to give detailed reasons for any refusal of access to public documents held in their libraries...
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Canberra nets Pounds 1bn profit from degrees
Australian graduates are not the only ones to benefit financially from their degrees: the federal government makes a "profit" of A$2.7 billion (Pounds 1.04 billion) a year from its investment in...
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Move to increase red tape criticised
Argentina's university rectors have criticised their government's decision to introduce lengthy bureaucratic procedures for the convalidation of academic qualifications obtained abroad. Under the new...
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Face to face
(Photograph) - A Peruvian university student in a makeshift gas mask joins hundreds of students, professional and construction workers whose demonstrations in Lima against the re-election of...
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Sex bias rampant among medics
A study has found pervasive discrimination and sexual harassment of female clinicians, researchers and teachers at US medical schools. The study, which involved about 2,000 people at 24 randomly...
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World Bank praise for top Ugandan university
Uganda's Makerere University has become the fastest growing university in East Africa, but its accelerating student intake has been achieved without compromising educational quality, according to a...
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Job stats point to work insecurity
Hype over the transformation of the national economy through the global network revolution has been punctured by a report on the jobless, writes Tim Greenhalgh. Research published by the Institute...
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Rewards give robot human touch
Robots that behave like humans are a step closer to being developed thanks to research at Staffordshire University, writes Tim Greenhalgh. Alex Kleiner, a postgraduate student studying for an MSc in...
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Double vision
(Photograph) - Double vision: identical twins Helen and Ruth Jay have graduated from the University of Northumbria with the same degree from the same course. The sisters, who specialise in embroidery...
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Take-off for Surrey with Pounds 11million win
The Surrey University company spin-off SSTL has followed the successful launch of the United Kingdom's first nanosatellite by winning the lion's share of funding for British National Space Centre...
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Bug finds waste vocation
A start-up company formed by three academics from Liverpool John Moores University has developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of eliminating industrial waste by using bugs....
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Imperial asks pros to sharpen their skill
A masters degree in computing for industry will be launched this autumn by Imperial College, London, and accountants Arthur Andersen. The part-time course aims to help computing professionals better...
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Storm fighters
The space insurance industry and the Tsunami initiative, funded by the Department of Trade and Industry Sector Challenge, has given Pounds 120,000 to fund two research projects into the role of space...
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Commonwealth call
Baroness Scotland, Foreign Office minister, has launched an internet-based campaign to find out what British citizens feel about the future of the Commonwealth. Baroness Scotland said at the recent...
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High score
Eight masters students at the University of Warwick have developed an electronic scoring system for national rhythmic gymnastics competitions that is designed to be as effective as more complicated...