Opus Dei takes on old guard
New strands of Catholicism are challenging Rome's traditional centres of scholarship in theology, philosophy and canon law. Universities run by Opus Dei, founded in 1928 in Spain, and the...
Search
-
-
'Fun czar' to tickle Harvard
Although Harvard University consistently tops the world's academic league tables, it believes that there is one aspect of its student experience that could be improved - fun. It has hired a recent...
-
France to improve campus life
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has announced measures to improve university living and working conditions in an effort to placate irate students and teachers. He has promised to spend...
-
Foreign students flock to study in SA
A decade after a return to democracy and the end of the academic boycott, South Africa has made its mark in the competitive international student market. "Universities have done exceptionally well in...
-
Tirana
Albania's new government has closed three universities after accusing the previous administration of "opening universities like henhouses", without sufficient financial resources or staff. The...
-
Geelong
Deakin University ordered its law journal not to publish the paper Rethinking the White ߣߣÊÓƵ Policy by Andrew Fraser, a law lecturer at Macquarie University, ߣߣÊÓƵ, after legal advice...
-
Cotonou
University teachers in Benin and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are on strike over a refusal to increase salaries, and the Government's failure to pay the pensions of retired staff.
-
Dhaka
Five people were hurt when two bombs were thrown at a student demonstration at Dhaka University in Bangladesh. Pro-government student leaders denied they were responsible for the attack.
-
Elite Indian institutes raise bar
The Indian Institutes of Technology, the country's only world-class centres of higher education, are to become more elitist under plans to raise the admissions threshold. From next year, only...
-
Time to share the fruits of our world-class labour
The benefits of arts and humanities research must flow freely into the wider community, says Philip Esler Arts and humanities research-ers in the UK are among the best in the world. Thousands of men...
-
Not in a party mood
The mood among higher education types at the Conservative Party conference this week was gloomy, to say the least. They were surveying booked rooms and pre-ordered jugs of coffee and sandwiches with...
-
Eyes on the bigger prize
And anyone finding some consolation in the fact that David Cameron - the most youthful wannabe Tory leader - is Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills was likely to be disappointed. His...
-
Talent contest
Inspiring loyalty among the troops is a key attribute of any leader. So Mr Cameron may be somewhat perturbed that he doesn't have the backing of Stephen O'Brien, his higher education spokesman. Mr O'...
-
The end of the affair
Meanwhile the Tories' love affair with science, made public last year with the appointment of Robert Key as Shadow Science Minister, has turned out to be the briefest of flings. Mr Key has gone off...
-
Interesting table talk
Stem-cell researchers may have felt a little anxious last week when the news broke that Merlin Biosciences, the biotech venture capital firm founded by Sir Chris Evans, was being investigated by the...