OECD sparks hike in research
Denmark has announced a new national research strategy in an attempt to meet criticism from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development three years ago. Jytte Hilden, research minister...
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Greece queries transfer for cash
Doctors who provided students with certificates of ill health, and lecturers who gave students the answers to examinations to help their transfer from colleges abroad to Greek universities, are under...
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Patronage law falls short
A radical system for the assignment of posts in Italy's 60 state universities is about to become law. It aims to boost efficiency by combating the network of patronage, nepotism and favouritism which...
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Presidential hopeful uncowed by emailed barbs
Dishing the dirt has long been a staple of student elections but email now offers a potentially powerful weapon for anonymous harassment of candidates. When the campaign for president of the...
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Race quota battles deter minorities
The numbers of minority students applying to state colleges in Texas and California have dropped sharply in the wake of bitter political and legal battles over affirmative action. Some high- school...
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Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund civil rights suit against University of California
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has filed a civil rights suit against the University of California, claiming that its new "colour-blind" admissions policies is discriminating...
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Streets echo to student jeers
Thousands of chanting university students took to the streets of state capitals across Australia in a national day of action against government policies in general, and proposals for a youth...
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V-c informers aid secret police
Nigerian lecturers who failed to return to work after a seven-month strike are under surveillance from the dreaded State Security Service after being reported to the military authorities by their...
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Lucy's anxiety for family
Academics answer racism. French lecturers are challenging the prejudice that makes scapegoats of immigrants Lucy is a Congolese student at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)...
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Academics answer racism
French lecturers are challenging the prejudice that makes scapegoats of immigrants Immigration has become a focal point of study and concern in French academia over recent months as National Front...
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Paperback righter
Not so long ago British academics looked disparagingly at their North American colleagues because of the yoke which ap-peared to constrain their academic lives - that of "publish or perish". That...
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Choices on election day and afterwards
Academic staff will vote overwhelmingly for a Labour Government according to the ICM poll commissioned by The THES. This intention does not, however, seem to be coupled with a vision of increased...
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A time for radical options
People in higher education may feel hard done by. Those in further education may wonder what they are complaining about. As last aut-umn's budget works its way through to detailed allocations to...
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Which road for (new) Scotland?
David Bleiman praises the virtues of a buffer zone which allows universities to make their own decisions In 1993 the Conservative government devolved Scottish higher education, with funding provided...
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Which road for (new) Scotland?
Under a Scottish parliament academic freedom must be protected but institutional autonomy should be subject to proper planning, says Ian McKay Those of us involved in the day-to-day practice of...