Organisers of a vote of no confidence in the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, Brian Roper, could face criminal and civil proceedings over how the ballot was conducted, the...
JOE BROWNLIE PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Joe Brownlie is the Sherlock Holmes of animal disease. "The fun of science is like detective work - trying to find out the truth...
Pumping state cash into new ventures pays well, reports Jessica Shepherd. University spin-offs have generated at least £1.3 billion for UK plc in the past three years, more than twice the sum that...
Lifetime Achievement Award There was no one more delighted and surprised at London's Dorchester Hotel on November 23 last year than Lewis Elton when it was announced that he had won the inaugural...
Phil Baty provides an exclusive preview of this weekend's Natfhe conference. Vice-chancellor's e-mail on 'professionalism' has 'intimidated' staff, says union Natfhe activists are set to condemn "...
Roger Kline launched his year-long election campaign to lead the 120,000-strong University and College Union this week with a commitment to be "transparent and accountable". The head of higher...
A campaign to prevent lecturers' union Natfhe agreeing a fresh academic boycott of Israel was under way this week as a senior British professor came under fire for refusing to work with an Israeli...
Paul Mackney, the general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, will this week launch an impassioned attack against those who have questioned the morality of the union's boycott of student assessment...
Within hours of the announcement that Fabio Mussi, a former Communist, is to be University and Research Minister in the new Italian Government of Romano Prodi, the Italian Rectors' Conference finally...
The French Education Ministry has launched a website for lycee pupils, school-leavers and students seeking guidance on more than 20,000 higher education courses offered in France, and which...
RMIT University has denied claims that radiation from mobile phone towers on the roof of its business school has caused brain tumours in seven of the staff. Margaret Gardner, the vice-chancellor,...
As the number of UK students in the Erasmus programme continues to decline, J n Figel, the European Education Commissioner, is to discuss future European student mobility at a conference organised in...
For the fifth time in a month, militant students at the University of Buenos Aires have prevented its governing body from meeting. Last week, students blocked a move to appoint a vice-rector to...
Czech universities will share a £2.5 billion funding boost between 2007 and 2013 thanks to the European Union's budget settlement. Petra Buzkova, the Education Minister, said the money, 20 times the...
President Faure Eyadema has made a 50 per cent cut in tuition fees for students at the National University of Togo and established scholarship awards in each department to appease students who...