Islamic teaching to be scrutinised
Minister alarmed by 'wrong-headed influences' on students launches review, reports Claire Sanders The Government has launched a major review of the teaching of Islam in colleges and universities in...
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Six put faith in Hobsons choice
A UK service centre will take contact with foreign applicants out of the hands of academics, writes John O'Leary Six universities are planning to bring in a private company to handle sensitive...
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Council calls for Ellis to be sacked
Free speech was high on the agenda of the final AUT meeting. Phil Baty reports Activists from the Association of University Teachers swept aside concerns that they were abandoning the union's...
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Fight for NHS cash hots up as 'chaos' threatens nurse training jobs
Pressure is building on the Department of Health to transfer the billions of pounds it spends on the education and training of nurses and other health professionals to the Higher Education Funding...
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Milking it
Milking it: public understanding of science infiltrated the largest public art event, the CowParade, at its Edinburgh launch. Glasgow University researchers Gordon Barr and Andy Parkin created Chem-...
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Low morale and fear haunt staff
Favouritism and bullying alleged at Birmingham, reports Phil Baty A "culture of fear" and "rock-bottom morale" have been identified by academics at Birmingham University in a frank internal report on...
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Redundancy plan to boost wages
Thousands of Russian researchers face the sack under an Academy of Sciences modernisation plan designed to increase salaries threefold. Architects of the plan - approved by President Vladimir Putin,...
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Cuts hit Italy's Brain Return project
An ambitious programme to bring expatriate academics back to Italy and attract foreign researchers has been frozen due to lack of money, writes Paul Bompard in Rome. The "Brain Return" project was...
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Finnish masters lose large pay boon
A masters degree no longer guarantees a fat pay packet, according to research conducted by the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development. The proportion of Finns with a masters has increased...
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Fears over rise of US Christian colleges
Plans to train future leaders to 'rebuild America for Christ and for liberty' are causing alarm, Jon Marcus reports Two universities that have the goal of injecting Christian values into American...
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Swedish hands tied over bogus degrees
A legal loophole means that lecturers employed by Swedish universities who are found to have suspect qualifications cannot be sacked. Erik Johansson, an evaluator of foreign qualifications at Sweden'...
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Little for campus despite surplus
ߣߣÊÓƵn higher education will receive an additional A$560 million (Pounds 229 million) in federal funding over the next five years, while the nation's working citizens have been promised tax cuts...
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Europe's top 20 demand action
Europe's top 20 research-intensive universities feel that governments and the European Commission do not understand their strengths and their potential to contribute to the European Union's...
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Figel : Get a grip or be 'beautiful museums'
EU Commissioner for Education gives universities a stark warning, writes David Haworth from Brussels Europe's universities could become "beautiful museums" unless they get to grips with serious...
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Why should a patent be the ticket to riches?
In falling over itself to fund science the Treasury ignores the value of humanities - a big mistake, says Paul Johnson There has been a disturbing outbreak of science fetishism at the Treasury...