Bitter dispute that split colleagues
The impact on students was a key stumbling block, writes Chloe Stothart Bob Lawson-Peebles, a senior lecturer at the School of English at Exeter University, resigned from the Association of...
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Hunt blames rigid talks for prolonging pay agony
As the dispute ends, the joint leader of the new UCU calls for shake-up of the national negotiating system for academic salaries. Phil Baty reports Sally Hunt, the joint head of the new University...
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Leeds strike threat over job grading
Staff at Leeds University this week threatened to strike amid accusations that 100 administrators were informed "without warning" that their jobs had been downgraded. The Leeds branch of the new...
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Journal tightens its controls
The publication that ran controversial findings of a drug-trial study has acknowledged concerns about the results and is changing its review procedures, writes Phil Baty A leading medical journal has...
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Wellcome to open founder's museum
The Wellcome Trust will be able to display its founder's vast collection of medical artefacts for the first time next summer, writes Anthea Lipsett. A new £30 million six-storey venue near London's...
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It takes a bond to build a village
Sheffield University has secured a distinctive deal with the private sector to build and manage a student village that could offer a future model for other institutions seeking to replace ageing...
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Leaked survey slates leaders
Sheffield Hallam staff have little faith in top managers, writes Phil Baty Staff at Sheffield Hallam University have delivered a damning indictment of senior managers in an internal satisfaction...
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Call for SA to scrap poor journals
South Africa has too many low-quality academic journals, a report from the Academy of Science of South Africa claims. It recommends their numbers be reduced from about 220 to between 30 and 50. The...
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Parents pay for budget deficit
US students are paying the price for a government budget deficit fuelled by the Iraq War, natural disasters and tax cuts. Interest rates on student loans will rise from 5.3 per cent to 7.14 per cent...
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China set to limit rising enrolments
A new policy aims to improve conditions by reducing numbers, reports Michael Delaney China's decision to cap soaring university enrolments is likely to increase demand for study overseas. The State...
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Fictional state to end fake degrees
Forty years ago, a small town in Northern Italy proclaimed itself the Principality of Seborga with a past stretching back to the 11th century and an elected ruler in the shape of Prince Giorgio I....
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A bit of a Brit abroad
Alan Osborn turns the spotlight on Malta in the latest in our series The University of Malta, which was established in 1592, has a distinctive British personality and is the oldest seat of...
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Big in business
Alan Osborn turns the spotlight on Liechtenstein in the latest in our series Even though the inhabitants of tiny Liechtenstein speak German and the principality is sandwiched between Switzerland and...
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Montreal
Six countries host 67 per cent of the world's internationally mobile students, according to 2006 Global Education Digest , published by Unesco. The US has the most, with 23 per cent, the UK is second...
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Luxembourg
The European Investment Bank is to lend the Ca' Foscari University in Venice €75 million (£52 million) to fund a rationalisation programme, consolidating 40 buildings on 15 sites into four research...