Serb students hit in row over rector
Students at the University of Kosovska Mitrovica are caught in the middle of a political battle between two governments - and the United Nations. The UN Mission in Kosovo objects to the installation...
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Turkey's opposition stymies bid for headscarves amnesty
An amnesty for more than 50,000 students expelled from Turkish universities has been blocked by opposition politicians who fear it is part of a plan to lift the ban on wearing religious dress on...
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Medics rush to victims' aid
Academics and medical students are at the forefront of Sri Lanka's relief operation as survivors of last week's Indian Ocean tsunamis struggle with disease, food shortages and lack of shelter. Within...
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Tsunami: Missing and dead on Sri Lankan campuses
* Eastern University of Sri Lanka : Daughter of the dean of arts and eight members of the family of one employee dead; eight students dead * South Eastern University: A labourer and families of four...
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Academic breaks rank to urge increase in fees
An Israeli government committee is due to reopen the issue of tuition fees three years after a never-implemented proposal that they should be halved. But even before it has started work, the...
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Paris seeks to ease capital's chronic shortage of housing
The bedsit in north Paris awaits its first tenant. It is spacious enough to entertain a few friends, and is furnished with the basics: bed, desk, chair, shelves, built-in wardrobe, kitchenette...
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Oddball heroes on the left-field of dreams
Take scientific mavericks to your hearts in Einstein Year, for it is to them that we owe our progress, says Simon Singh This week is the start of Einstein Year, marking the centenary of Albert...
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Gary Day
Training will still be the order of the day in 2005, says a man who has been trained to speak pap and say 'no' to fun Well, it's all over. Christmas, new year and the career of David Blunkett, a...
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My revolting past
Becoming an Essex girl was an act of pure rebellion, recalls Ruth Lister, professor of public policy Opting for Essex University was Ruth Lister's "first real act of rebellion". After finishing at...
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Moany unhappy returns
Complaining is so ingrained in some academics that not even Christmas can halt their moaning. The newly merged Manchester University sent all its staff a present to thank them for their patience and...
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Closed book of Ruth
Thank goodness Ruth Kelly, the new Education Secretary, is a member of the mysterious Catholic organisation Opus Dei - otherwise journalists would have nothing to write about her. Ms Kelly has...
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New jobs for the old guard
As Ukraine's political crisis nears resolution, it appears that discredited members of the old establishment are seeking refuge in academia. Serhij Kivalov - who as head of the Central Electoral...
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A hair-ald of good fortune?
Paul Mackney, general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, expressed disappointment at a party in the House of Commons last year that his union never won anything. But perhaps the wind has changed?...
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Why I did not laugh at psychic 'Shirley'
Sceptics are used to meeting strange people in odd places with TV cameras watching. So it did not seem unusual last month to be invited to test the supposed abilities of a psychic in a laboratory at...
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Economics of disaster
In the tsunami's wake, Ian Davis insists debt write-offs will help more than early warning systems The world changes after disasters. "Form follows failure" as horrific events lead to radical...