Paris
Post-1970 universities are facing "late development" problems in building their research capacity, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Universities' public...
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Maastricht
A team from Maastricht University is to compete in the New York marathon next month to raise money for a scholarship fund at the Netherlands university for masters students from non-European Union...
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Poitiers
The University of Poitiers last week inaugurated France's first Confucius Institute, the latest in China's programme to promote Chinese language and culture throughout the world.
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Voronezh
Russia's ministry of foreign affairs has announced an investigation into the death of a Peruvian student at Voronezh State University, the second international student to be killed in the city in...
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Pristina
Education experts and politicians in Kosovo are discussing the creation of a qualifications authority to set guidelines in higher education across the United Nations protectorate.
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Italy takes down nepotists...
Italy's Conservative Government is bulldozing through radical reforms to the system under which academics are recruited and employed. Letizia Moratti, the Education Minister, said the aim was to...
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...as Finns up ante for foreign stars
The Finnish Academy and Tekes, the technology research body, will launch a programme in December aimed at attracting top researchers from abroad. The project, which will run until at least 2010, will...
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French research rejig gets lukewarm reception
Ministers have put forward long-awaited reforms aimed at improving the international standing of French research, making scientific careers more attractive and promoting co-operation between the...
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US staff fear drop in quality
More than 40 per cent of US academics think their students lack even the basic skills for university-level work, according to a survey. The survey, of 40,670 professors at 421 universities, also...
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Belarus tightens its grip on private sector
The Belarusian Government is extending its tight control of state universities and academics to private institutions. Alexander Radzkou, the Minister of Education, last week introduced a Higher...
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Visa demand plateaus
Universities in ߣߣÊÓƵ can no longer rely on increasing numbers of fee-paying students from China to boost their incomes, according to a report. The number of Chinese students going abroad to...
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Cutting girls down to Victoria Beckham's size
'Girl power' and the rise of the female celebrity enfeeble women and erode their confidence, says Angela McRobbie For the thousands of young women who have just arrived on campus, women's groups and...
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Gary Day
Plagiarism is the ultimate taboo because it lays bare the logic of the world - especially that of our universities Why do we make such a fuss about plagiarism? Yes, it's an academic offence - but so...
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Blame game turns to shame
Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, took The Times to task for overstating dropout rates last month. But this week, the boot was on the other foot when the newspaper challenged his own use...
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Roberts on the rise
Rumour has it that Sir Gareth Roberts, president of both the Science Council and of Wolfson College, Oxford, has a number of heavyweight admirers in Whitehall. Sir Gareth - who established himself as...